ἀκούω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀκούω
ἀκούσω
ἤκουσα
ἀκήκοα
ἠκούσθην
Structure:
ἀκού
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: Root AKOV
Sense
- I hear
- I hear about, learn
- I listen, pay attention to, heed
- I understand
- I obey
- (passive) I am called, am spoken of, am known as
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἀκούσαι ἄρα τὸ οὖσ μου τὴν κατάραν μου, θρυλληθείην δὲ ἄρα ὑπὸ λαοῦ μου κακούμενοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:30)
- ὧν ἐγὼ ἀναγιγνωσκομένων μὲν ἤκουον, ἔσπευδον μέντοι ἐφ’ ὃ ἧκον τοῦτο διοικήσασθαι, καὶ σημαίνεται τὰσ συνθήκασ εὐθὺσ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ οἰκίᾳ ἵνα μηδεὶσ τῶν εὖ φρονούντων ἀκούσαι τὰ ἐγγεγραμμένα, προσεγγράψασ μετ’ ἐμοῦ Νίκωνα τὸν Κηφισιέα. (Hyperides, Speeches, 8:3)
- ἔπειθ’ ὁ πράττων καὶ συνειδὼσ ἅπανθ’ ἃ Φιλλιπποσ κατὰ βασιλέωσ παρασκευάζεται, οὗτοσ ἀνάσπαστοσ γέγονε, καὶ πάσασ τὰσ πράξεισ βασιλεὺσ οὐχ ἡμῶν κατηγορούντων ἀκούσεται, οὓσ ὑπὲρ τοῦ συμφέροντοσ ἂν ἡγήσαιτο τοῦ ἰδίου λέγειν, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πράξαντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ διοικοῦντοσ, ὥστ’ εἶναι πιστάσ, καὶ λοιπὸν λόγον εἶναι τοῖσ παρ’ ὑμῶν πρέσβεσιν, ὃν βασιλεὺσ ἥδιστ’ ἂν ἀκούσαι, ὡσ τὸν ἀμφοτέρουσ ἀδικοῦντα κοινῇ τιμωρήσασθαι δεῖ, καὶ ὅτι πολὺ τῷ βασιλεῖ φοβερώτερόσ ἐσθ’ ὁ Φίλιπποσ, ἂν προτέροισ ἡμῖν ἐπιθῆται· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 38:1)
- τίσ δέ κεν ἄλλου ἀκούσαι; (Theocritus, Idylls, 14)
- εἰ δέ τισ παντάπασιν ἀγνὼσ εἰή τί δύναται φέρειν ἡ γῆ, καὶ μήτε ἰδεῖν ἔχοι καρπὸν μηδὲ φυτὸν αὐτῆσ, μήτε ὅτου ἀκούσαι τὴν ἀλήθειαν περὶ αὐτῆσ ἔχοι, οὐ πολὺ μὲν ῥᾷον γῆσ πεῖραν λαμβάνειν παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ ἢ ἵππου, πολὺ δὲ ῥᾷον ἢ ἀνθρώπου; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 20 14:1)
- ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι τὸν παῖδα τοῦ Ἁβραὰμ τῶν ρημάτων τούτων, προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:52)
- ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀκοῦσαι αὐτὸν ὅτι ὕψωσα τὴν φωνήν μου καὶ ἐβόησα, καταλιπὼν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ παῤ ἐμοὶ ἔφυγε καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 39:15)
- καὶ νῦν μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν, ὅτι ἐξαναλώσει ἡμᾶσ τὸ πῦρ τὸ μέγα τοῦτο, ἐὰν προσθώμεθα ἡμεῖσ ἀκοῦσαι τὴν φωνὴν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἔτι, καὶ ἀποθανούμεθα. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 5:25)
- κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἠτήσῳ παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐν Χωρὴβ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆσ ἐκκλησίασ λέγοντεσ. οὐ προσθήσομεν ἀκοῦσαι τὴν φωνὴν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου καὶ τὸ πῦρ τοῦτο τὸ μέγα οὐκ ὀψόμεθα ἔτι, οὐδὲ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 18:16)
- εἰσ τί ἐκάθισαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ διγομίασ τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι συρισμοῦ ἀγγέλων̣ εἰσ διαιρέσεισ Ρουβὴν μεγάλοι ἐξετασμοὶ καρδίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:16)
Synonyms
-
I hear
-
I hear about
-
I listen
- ὁράω (I pay attention to, see to)
-
I understand
-
I obey
Derived
- ἀντακούω (to hear in turn, to hear in return)
- διακούω (to hear through, hear out or to the end, to hear or learn)
- εἰσακούω (to hearken or give ear to one, to hear, to hearken to)
- ἐνακούω (to listen to)
- ἐξακούω (to hear a sound, from a distance)
- ἐπακούω (to listen or hearken to, to hear, to hear)
- κατακούω (to hear and obey, be subject to, to hearken or give ear to)
- παρακούω (to hear beside, to hear accidentally, to hear talk of)
- προακούω (to hear beforehand)
- προσακούω (to hear besides)
- συνακούω (to hear along with or at the same time, to hear)
- συνεξακούω (to hear all together)
- ὑπακούω ( to listen, hearken, give ear)