Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κατήκους

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατήκους κατήκουν

Structure: κατηκο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: katakou/w

Sense

  1. listening, a listener, eaves-dropper
  2. hearkening to, obeying, obedient, subject, to
  3. giving ear to

Examples

  • τῷ δὲ αὐτῷ πολέμῳ καὶ Κιλικίασ τὰ μήπω σφίσι κατήκοα καὶ Συρίασ τήν τε Φοινίκην καὶ κοίλην καὶ Παλαιστίνην καὶ τὴν ἐσ τὸ μεσόγειον ἐπὶ ποταμὸν Εὐφράτην, οὐδὲν ἔτι τῷ Μιθριδάτῃ προσήκοντα, ῥύμῃ τῆσδε τῆσ νίκησ προσέλαβον, καὶ φόρουσ τοῖσ μὲν αὐτίκα τοῖσ δὲ ὕστερον ἔταξαν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 17 5:2)
  • τὰ παραθαλάσσια δ’ ὦν αὐτῆσ Μεγάβαζοσ Περσέων κατήκοα ἐποίεε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 10 2:6)

Synonyms

  1. hearkening to

  2. giving ear to

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

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