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ἐπακουός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπακουός ἐπακουόν

Structure: ἐπακου (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pakou/w

Sense

  1. attentive to

Examples

  • ὦ Πέρση, σὺ δὲ ταῦτα μετὰ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσι, καὶ νυ δίκησ ἐπάκουε, βίησ δ’ ἐπιλήθεο πάμπαν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 34:1)
  • καί μοι τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο ἐπάκουε πειρώμενοσ αὖ τὸ λεχθὲν διχῇ τέμνειν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 69:5)
  • εἰ δ’ ἐπιδεὴσ ἔτι λόγου τινὸσ ἂν εἰήσ, λεγόντων ἡμῶν πρὸσ τὸν τρίτον ἐπάκουε, εἰ νοῦν καὶ ὁπωσοῦν ἔχεισ. (Plato, Laws, book 10 126:4)

Synonyms

  1. attentive 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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