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.
- χρόνῳ δ’ ἐμαυτὸν ἀναλαβὼν ἅπαντα διηγούμην σαφῶσ ἄνωθεν ἀρξάμενοσ, ὡσ ἐπιθυμήσαιμι τὰ μετέωρα ἐκμαθεῖν, ὡσ ἔλθοιμι παρὰ τοὺσ φιλοσόφουσ, ὡσ τἀναντία λεγόντων ἀκούσαιμι, ὡσ ἀπαγορεύσαιμι διασπώμενοσ ὑπὸ τῶν λόγων, εἶτα ἑξῆσ τὴν ἐπίνοιαν καὶ τὰ πτερὰ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα μέχρι πρὸσ τὸν οὐρανόν ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ προσέθηκα τὰ ὑπὸ τῆσ Σελήνησ ἐπεσταλμένα. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 23:3)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ λόγουσ ἐτόλμησέ μοι προσενεγκεῖν, ἐγὼ μὲν ἀφεῖσα αὐτὸν ἔτι δακρύοντα καὶ προκυλινδούμενον, ἐπιφραξαμένη τὰ ὦτα, ὡσ μηδὲ ἀκούσαιμι αὐτοῦ ὑβριστικὰ ἱκετεύοντοσ, ἀπῆλθον σοὶ φράσουσα· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:6)
- ἀτὰρ ἡδέωσ ἂν καὶ ἀκούσαιμι οἷστισι μάλιστα ἐπείσθησ τῶν Ὁμήρου· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 40:1)
- "νυνὶ δ’ ἀπηλλαγμένοσ Πεισίου, ἡδέωσ ἂν ὑμῶν ἀκούσαιμι πρὸσ τί βλέψαντεσ ἀπεφήναντο τὸν Ἔρωτα θεὸν οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦτο λέξαντεσ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 12 1:8)
- εἶπεν "ἐπιθυμῶ μὲν οὐδενὸσ ἧττον ὑμῶν ἀκοῦσαι τὰ λεχθησόμενα, πρότερον δ’ ἂν ἡδέωσ ἀκούσαιμι περὶ τῶν οἰκεῖν λεγομένων ἐπὶ τῆσ σελήνησ, οὐκ εἰ κατοικοῦσί τινεσ ἀλλ’ εἰ δυνατὸν ἐκεῖ κατοικεῖν· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 24 1:1)
- καὶ εἶπε τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ. τίμα τοὺσ πενθερούσ σου, αὐτοὶ νῦν γονεῖσ σού εἰσιν. ἀκούσαιμί σου ἀκοὴν καλήν, καὶ ἐφίλησεν αὐτήν. καὶ Ἔδνα εἶπε πρὸσ Τωβίαν. ἀδελφὲ ἀγαπητέ, ἀποκαταστήσαι σε ὁ Κύριοσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ δῴη μοι ἰδεῖν σου παιδία ἐκ Σάρρασ τῆσ θυγατρόσ μου, ἵνα εὐφρανθῶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου. καὶ ἰδοὺ παρατίθεμαί σοι τὴν θυγατέρα μου ἐν παρακαταθήκῃ, μὴ λυπήσῃσ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 10:12)
- νῦν δὲ ἡδέωσ ἂν ἀκούσαιμί σου τὰ πάντα διηγουμένησ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 13:10)
- ἔδοξε δὴ τοὺσ πλουσίουσ τούτουσ καὶ πολυχρημάτουσ καὶ τὸ χρυσίον κατάκλειστον ὥσπερ τὴν Δανάην φυλάττοντασ ‐ μὴ πρότερον εἴπῃσ, ὦγαθέ, τὰ δεδογμένα πρὶν ἐκεῖνα διελθεῖν ἃ μάλιστ’ ἂν ἡδέωσ ἀκούσαιμί σου, τίσ ἡ ἐπίνοιά σοι τῆσ καθόδου ἐγένετο, τίσ δ’ ὁ τῆσ πορείασ ἡγεμών, εἶθ’ ἑξῆσ ἅ τε εἶδεσ ἅ τε ἤκουσασ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ· (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 2:12)
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)