Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐξακούω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξακούω ἐξακούσομαι

Structure: ἐξ (Prefix) + ἀκού (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to hear a sound, from a distance

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξακούω ἐξακούεις ἐξακούει
Dual ἐξακούετον ἐξακούετον
Plural ἐξακούομεν ἐξακούετε ἐξακούουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξακούω ἐξακούῃς ἐξακούῃ
Dual ἐξακούητον ἐξακούητον
Plural ἐξακούωμεν ἐξακούητε ἐξακούωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐξακούοιμι ἐξακούοις ἐξακούοι
Dual ἐξακούοιτον ἐξακουοίτην
Plural ἐξακούοιμεν ἐξακούοιτε ἐξακούοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐξάκουε ἐξακουέτω
Dual ἐξακούετον ἐξακουέτων
Plural ἐξακούετε ἐξακουόντων, ἐξακουέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐξακούειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξακουων ἐξακουοντος ἐξακουουσα ἐξακουουσης ἐξακουον ἐξακουοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξακούομαι ἐξακούει, ἐξακούῃ ἐξακούεται
Dual ἐξακούεσθον ἐξακούεσθον
Plural ἐξακουόμεθα ἐξακούεσθε ἐξακούονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξακούωμαι ἐξακούῃ ἐξακούηται
Dual ἐξακούησθον ἐξακούησθον
Plural ἐξακουώμεθα ἐξακούησθε ἐξακούωνται
OptativeSingular ἐξακουοίμην ἐξακούοιο ἐξακούοιτο
Dual ἐξακούοισθον ἐξακουοίσθην
Plural ἐξακουοίμεθα ἐξακούοισθε ἐξακούοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐξακούου ἐξακουέσθω
Dual ἐξακούεσθον ἐξακουέσθων
Plural ἐξακούεσθε ἐξακουέσθων, ἐξακουέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐξακούεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξακουομενος ἐξακουομενου ἐξακουομενη ἐξακουομενης ἐξακουομενον ἐξακουομενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

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.

Examples

  • ποῦ ποῦ καθίζωμ’ ἐν καλῷ, τῶν ῥητόρων ἵν’ ἐξακούω; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 3:21)
  • ἐξήκουον γὰρ ἔνιοι θαυμάζοντεσ μᾶλλον ἢ ταραττόμενοι διὰ τὴν ὀλιγότητα τῶν ἀποτετολμημένων, φερομένῳ δὲ οὕτω δι’ ἀγορᾶσ ἀπήντησαν ἕτεροι τοσοῦτοι, καὶ πάλιν κατὰ τρεῖσ καὶ τέτταρασ ἄλλοι προσεπέλαζον. (Plutarch, Galba, chapter 25 2:2)
  • ἀλλὰ θερμότητοσ, ᾗ ἐπείγει τὴν κίνησιν ὅπωσ ταχὺ διεκπερᾷ τὸν σκοτώδη τόπον ὑπεκφέρουσα τὰσ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ψυχὰσ σπευδούσασ καὶ βοώσασ οὐκέτι γὰρ ἐξακούουσιν ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ γενόμεναι τῆσ περὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἁρμονίασ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 29 8:1)
  • Φύσιν δὲ Χρύσιπποσ μὲν ἐξακούει, ᾗ ἀκολούθωσ δεῖ ζῆν, τήν τε κοινὴν καὶ ἰδίωσ τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 89:1)

Derived

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

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