The corpus record

ἀκούω

akouo

to hear

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Distribution

Baruch 17 · 67.27/10k
1 John 14 · 65.85/10k
Against Theomnestus 1 9 · 60.4/10k
Against Theomnestus 2 3 · 54.84/10k
Jeremias 131 · 47.26/10k
3 John 1 · 46.3/10k
Revelation 45 · 45.49/10k
Cleitophon 7 · 45.22/10k
Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 8 · 43.74/10k
On the Property of Aristophanes 13 · 41.91/10k
2 John 1 · 41.32/10k
Acts 73 · 40.53/10k

Densest 12 of 291 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ἀκούω · akouō — Beekes

to hear

2. ἀκούω · akouō — Chantraine

3. ἀκούω · akouō — Frisk

δ7 trachtet, der auch von den germanischen Wörtern got

4. ἀκούω · akouō — Frisk

“hören’, auch “gehorchen, im Rufe stehen’

5. ἀκούω · akouō — Frisk

und hausjan, die nach Prevot REGr

6. ἀκούω · akouō — Frisk

Devoto Miscelänea

7. ἀκούω · akouō — LSJ

hear, hear of, hear tell of, from, should he hear, to hear [generally], what one actually hears, know by hearsay

Attestations

ἤκουσεν · ēkousen Iliad 1.381
ἄκουσα · akousa Iliad 1.396
ἀκούων · akouōn Iliad 1.474
ἀκουέμεν · akouemen Iliad 1.547
ἄκουσε · akouse Iliad 2.16
ἀκούσειαν · akouseian Iliad 2.98

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 102; entry #308 Review: Under source audit
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 64; entry #311 Review: Under source audit
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 87-88; entry #292 Review: Under source audit
OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.

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