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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

  • εἰ ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐξ ἐπηκόου ἐμβοήσαιμι αὐτοῖσ, οὐκ ἂν οἰεί μεγάλα ὠφεληθῆναι τὸν βίον καὶ σωφρονεστέρουσ ἂν γενέσθαι παρὰ πολύ; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 20:6)
  • καὶ ἐπείπερ καταβεβήκαμεν, αὐτὴ μὲν ἐνταῦθά που ἐπὶ τοῦ πάγου κάθησο εἰσ τὴν πνύκα ὁρῶσα καὶ περιμένουσα ἔστ’ ἂν κηρύξω τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Διόσ, ἐγὼ δὲ εἰσ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀναβὰσ ῥᾷον οὕτωσ ἅπαντασ ἐκ τοῦ ἐπηκόου προσκαλέσομαι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 9:3)

Synonyms

  1. listening or giving ear to

Related

Similar forms

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

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