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παρᾰκούω

parakouo

hear beside

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Where it lives

Esther 4 · 7.23/10k
De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 1 · 1.9/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Matthew 2 · 1.12/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρᾰκούω · parakouō — LSJ

hear beside, hear accidentally, hear talk of

hear beside, esp. hear accidentally, hear talk of, Δημοκήδεος τὴν τέχνην Hdt. 3.129 ; ἀξίων λόγου πραγμάτων Pl. Ep. 339e ; παρακήκοα νῦν ὅτι τίκτει AP 5.74 (Rufin.).

II eavesdrop, overhear from, overhear

eavesdrop, overhear from, δεσποτῶν ἅττʼ ἂν λαλῶσι Ar. Ra. 750 ; τι παρά τινος Pl. Euthd. 300d ; π. τινός overhear him, Luc. Merc.Cond. 37 ; π. τὸν λόγον Ev.Marc. 5.36.

III hear imperfectly, wrongly, misunderstand

hear imperfectly or wrongly, misunderstand, ἀκούειν τι τοῦ λόγου, παρακούειν δέ Arist. EN 1149a26, cf. Pl. Prt. 330e, Tht. 195a, Phld. Mus. p.102 K., Ceb. 3, Luc. Anach. 31; ἑκουσίως π. D.S. 30.8.

IV hear carelessly, take no heed of

hear carelessly, take no heed of, τῆς παραγγειλάσης φύσεως Epicur. Fr. 200; τῶν γραφομένων Plb. 24.9.1, cf. Luc. Salt. 6, etc.; τῶν ἐντολῶν LXX To. 3.4 ; τῶν λεγομένων Plb. 7.12.9 (but τὰ λεγόμενα LXX Es. 3.3).

2 to be disregarded

c. gen. pers., PHib. 1.170 (iii B.C.), Plb. 2.8.3, 3.15.2, Ev.Matt. 18.17:—Pass., to be disregarded, Plb. 5.35.5; περί τινος Id. 30.20.2, prob. cj. in 23.3.3.

3 disobey

disobey, τοῦ θεοῦ J. AJ 1.10.4 : abs., LXX Is. 65.12, J. AJ 1.1.4, Luc. Sat. 10:—Pass., J. AJ 6.7.4.

4 pretend not to hear

pretend not to hear, Plu. Phil. 16, Luc. Jud.Voc. 2.

In the wild

παρακούειν · parakouein Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 11)
παρακούειν · parakouein Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1149a (DIORISIS sentence 2370)
παρακούσαντες · parakousantes Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 8003)
παρακούοντες · parakouontes Epictetus, Discourses 2.15 (DIORISIS sentence 2693)
παρακούσας · parakousas Herodotus, Histories 3.129.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3859)
παρήκουσα · parēkousa Herodotus, Histories 4.45.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4357)

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