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ἐπήκοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπήκοος

Structure: ἐπηκο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pakou/w

Sense

  1. listening or giving ear to
  2. within hearing, within ear-shot

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπήκοος ἐπήκοον
Genitive ἐπηκόου ἐπηκόου
Dative ἐπηκόῳ ἐπηκόῳ
Accusative ἐπήκοον ἐπήκοον
Vocative ἐπήκοε ἐπήκοον
DualN/A/V ἐπηκόω ἐπηκόω
G/D ἐπηκόοιν ἐπηκόοιν
PluralNominative ἐπήκοοι ἐπήκοα
Genitive ἐπηκόων ἐπηκόων
Dative ἐπηκόοις ἐπηκόοις
Accusative ἐπηκόους ἐπήκοα
Vocative ἐπήκοοι ἐπήκοα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπήκοος ἐπηκόου ἐπηκοότερος ἐπηκοοτέρου ἐπηκοότατος ἐπηκοοτάτου
Adverb ἐπηκόως ἐπηκοότερον ἐπηκοότατα

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

  • καὶ νῦν, Κύριε, ἔστωσαν δὴ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἀνεῳγμένοι καὶ τὰ ὦτά σου ἐπήκοα ἐπὶ τὴν δέησιν τοῦ τόπου τούτου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 6:40)
  • καὶ νῦν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἔσονται ἀνεῳγμένοι καὶ τὰ ὦτά μου ἐπήκοα τῇ προσευχῇ τοῦ τόπου τούτου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 7:15)
  • Οἰδίπουσ, φαμέν, ἀτιμασθεὶσ ἐπηύξατο τοῖσ αὑτοῦ τέκνοισ ἃ δὴ καὶ πᾶσ ὑμνεῖ τέλεα καὶ ἐπήκοα γενέσθαι παρὰ θεῶν, Ἀμύντορά τε Φοίνικι τῷ ἑαυτοῦ ἐπαρᾶσθαι παιδὶ θυμωθέντα καὶ Ἱππολύτῳ Θησέα καὶ ἑτέρουσ ἄλλοισ μυρίουσ μυρίοισ, ὧν γέγονε σαφὲσ ἐπηκόουσ εἶναι γονεῦσι πρὸσ τέκνα θεούσ· (Plato, Laws, book 11 121:5)

Synonyms

  1. listening or giving ear to

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

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