Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκουστέον

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Principal Part: ἀκουστέον

Etym.: a)kou/w의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must hear or hearken to
  2. to be hearkened to

Examples

  • ὡσ ἀκουστέον γέ σου. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 3:17)
  • , καὶ τὸ κολακεῦον αὐτῆσ λάλον ἐστὶ τὸ δὲ νουθετοῦν ἄναυδον, ἀκουστέον ἐστὶ παρὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν. (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 6 2:1)
  • ἄχρι δ̓ ἂν αὐτοῦ τούτου πέρι διαμάχωνται, πάντων ὁμοίωσ ἀκουστέον ἢ εἰδέναι ὅτι πρὸσ χάριν δικάζειν δόξομεν. (Lucian, 77:4)
  • τέλοσ δὲ τοῦ πράγματοσ ἤδη περιφέροντοσ αὐτὸν τῇ ὑπονοίᾳ καὶ τοῦ γέροντοσ ἀναβοήσαντοσ, οἴμοι πρὸσ αὐτῷ γ’ εἰμὶ τῷ δεινῷ λέγειν, ὅμωσ ἐξημμένοσ ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθουσ καὶ σφαδᾴζων ἀποκρίνεται, κἄγωγ’ ἀκούειν ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ ἀκουστέον. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 14 1:2)
  • ἀκουστέον, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἐκ συνδρομῆσ τινοσ αἰτίων ἀπέβη, ἄλλου πρὸσ ἄλλο γεγονότοσ. (Plutarch, De fato, section 7 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. one must hear or hearken to

  2. to be hearkened to

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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