Hellas Alive Dictionary - επηκοος

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ἐπήκοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπήκοος

Structure: ἐπηκο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pakou/w

Sense

listening or giving ear to
within hearing, within ear-shot

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐπήκοος	ἐπήκοον
	Genitive	ἐπηκόου	ἐπηκόου
	Dative	ἐπηκόῳ	ἐπηκόῳ
	Accusative	ἐπήκοον	ἐπήκοον
	Vocative	ἐπήκοε	ἐπήκοον
Dual	N/A/V	ἐπηκόω	ἐπηκόω
Dual	G/D	ἐπηκόοιν	ἐπηκόοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

ἐπηκόουσ δ’ εἶναι καὶ θεατὰσ τούτων τῶν δικῶν ἐξ ἀνάγκησ μὲν βουλευτὰσ καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ἄρχοντασ τοὺσ ἑλομένουσ αὐτούσ, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων τὸν βουλόμενον. (Plato, Laws, book 6 116:2)
καὶ εἴ ποτ’ ἄρα δεῖ τοιούτων οἴκτων γίγνεσθαι τοὺσ πολίτασ ἐπηκόουσ, ὁπόταν ἡμέραι μὴ καθαραί τινεσ ἀλλὰ ἀποφράδεσ ὦσιν, τόθ’ ἥκειν δέον ἂν εἰή μᾶλλον χορούσ τινασ ἔξωθεν μεμισθωμένουσ ᾠδούσ, οἱο͂ν οἱ περὶ τοὺσ τελευτήσαντασ μισθούμενοι Καρικῇ τινι μούσῃ προπέμπουσι τοὺσ τελευτήσαντασ; (Plato, Laws, book 7 78:2)
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

listening or giving ear to
- ὑπήκους (giving ear, listening to)
- κατήκους (giving ear to)
- εὐήκους (inclined to give ear)

Συριστί (in the Syrian language)
ἱκετεύω (to approach as a suppliant)
Πυθώδε (to Pytho)
διαμαρτύρομαι (to protest solemnly)
Κάριος ()
Πυθοχρήστης (sent by the Pythian oracle)
ἱλασμός (a means of appeasing)
θυηπόλος (busy about sacrifices)
θέσπισμα (oracular sayings)
αἴτησις (a request)
ἀλεξιφάρμακον (an antidote)
Ἀδώνια (the mourning for Adonis)
χαριστήριος (of or for thanksgiving)
ὀρέγω (I reach)
κλητός (called)
παράκλητος (Called to aid)
συνέστιος (sharing one's hearth or house)
ἀμήνιτος (not angry or wrathful)
ὁμόσπονδος (sharing in the drink-offering)
καταγγέλλω (to denounce)
ἐνθύμιος (taken to heart)
ἔκκλητος (selected to judge or arbitrate)
ἰσόμοιρος (sharing equally or alike)
ἐπίπνους (breathed upon)
ψυχαγωγός (leading souls to the nether world)
δύσκριτος (hard to discern or interpret)
ἐξέτασις (a close examination)
εὐλογητός (blessed)
ἀντιστασιώτης (one of the opposite faction or party)
εἰσηγητής (one who brings in)

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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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listening or giving ear to

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Sense

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listening or giving ear to

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