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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

  • ἀλλ’ ἰωμένουσ καὶ πραΰνοντασ ἀναμιμνήσκειν αὐτούσ, ὅτι, ὧν εὔχοντο, τὰ μέγιστα αὐτοῖσ οἱ θεοὶ ἐπήκοοι γεγόνασιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 30 4:5)
  • ἴδεσθε δ’ αὖτε, τῶνδ’ ἐπήκοοι κακῶν, τὸ μηχάνημα, δεσμὸν ἀθλίῳ πατρί, πέδασ τε χειροῖν καὶ ποδοῖν ξυνωρίδα. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 1:1)
  • ἱκανὴ γὰρ ἔσται καὶ ἡ γενομένη τύχη τοῦτο πορίζειν ‐ ἀλλ’ ἰωμένουσ καὶ πραύ̈νοντασ ἀναμιμνῄσκειν αὐτοὺσ ὅτι ὧν ηὔχοντο τὰ μέγιστα αὐτοῖσ οἱ θεοὶ ἐπήκοοι γεγόνασιν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 89:1)
  • τοῦτον τὸν χορὸν μάλιστα ἔγωγε ἰδὼν ἥσθην, ὡσ καλῶσ ηὐλαβοῦντο μηδέποτε ἐμποδὼν ἐν τῷ πρόσθεν εἶναι Πρωταγόρου, ἀλλ’ ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸσ ἀναστρέφοι καὶ οἱ μετ’ ἐκείνου, εὖ πωσ καὶ ἐν κόσμῳ περιεσχίζοντο οὗτοι οἱ ἐπήκοοι ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν, καὶ ἐν κύκλῳ περιιόντεσ ἀεὶ εἰσ τὸ ὄπισθεν καθίσταντο κάλλιστα. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 44:2)
  • ἔστω δὴ φανερὰ μὲν ἡ ψῆφοσ τιθεμένη, πρὸ τούτου δὲ κατὰ τὸ στόμα τοῦ διώκοντόσ τε καὶ φεύγοντοσ ὁ δικαστὴσ ἑξῆσ ἡμῖν ἐγγύτατα κατὰ πρέσβιν ἱζέσθω, πάντεσ δ’ οἱ πολῖται, ὅσοιπερ ἂν ἄγωσι σχολήν, ἐπήκοοι ἔστωσαν σπουδῇ τῶν τοιούτων δικῶν. (Plato, Laws, book 9 17:2)

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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