A). ᾰ)/κουον Il. 12.442 : fut. ἀκούσομαι ( Act. ἀκούσω first in Hyp. Epit. 34 s. v. l., then in Lyc. 378 , 686 , D.H. 5.57 , Ev.Matt. 12.19 , etc.: aor. ἤκουσα, Ep. ᾰ)/κουσα Il. 24.223 : pf. ἀκήκοα, Lacon. ἄκουκα Plu. Lyc. 20 , Ages. 21 ; ἤκουκα is a late form, POxy. 237 vii 23 (ii A. D.); later Ion. ἀκήκουκα Herod. 5.49 : plpf. ἀκηκόειν Hdt. 2.52 , 7.208 ; ἠκηκόειν X. Oec. 15.7 ; old Att. ἠκηκόη Ar. V. 800 , Pax 616 , Pl. Cra. 384b :—rare in Med., pres. (v. infr. 11.2 ): Ep. impf. ἀκούετο Il. 4.331 : aor. ἠκουσάμην Mosch. 3.119 :— Pass., fut. ἀκουσθήσομαι Pl. R. 507d : aor. ἠκούσθην Th. 3.38 , Luc. Somn. 5 : pf. ἤκουσμαι D.H. Rh. 11.10 , Ps.- Luc. Philopatr. 4 ; ἀκήκουσμαι is dub. in Luc. Hist. Conscr. 49 : plpf. ἤκουστο Anon. ap. Demetr. Eloc. 217 ,(παρ-) J. AJ 17.10.10 .(ἀ-κοv-, cf. κοέω):—hear, Hom., etc.: prop. c. acc. of thing heard, gen. of person from whom it is heard, ταῦτα Καλυψοῦς ἤκουσα Od. 12.389 , cf. S. OT 43 , etc.; gen. pers. freq. omitted, πάντ’ ἀκήκοας λόγον Id. Aj. 480 , etc.; or the acc. rei, ἄκουε τοῦ θανόντος Id. El. 792 , cf. 793 :—also c. gen. rei, φθογγῆς, κτύπου, hear it, Od. 12.198 (as v. l.), 21.237 ; λόγων S. OC 1187 ; once in Hom. in Med., ἀκούετο λαὸς ἀϋτῆς Il. 4.331 .

b). c. gen. objecti, hear of, hear tell of, ἀ. πατρός Od. 4.114 : freq. c. part., τεθνηῶτος (sc. πατρός) ἀκούσῃς 1.289 , etc.; but εἰ .. πατρὸς νόστον ἀ. ib. 287 ; ἀ. περί τινος Od. 19.270 , cf. E. IT 964 , Isoc. 5.72 , Pl. R. 358d , 358e ; τι περί τινος X. An. 7.7.30 .

c). in Prose the pers. from whom thing is heard freq. takes Prep., ἀ. τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in Il. 6.524 , cf. Hdt. 3.62 , S. OT 7 , 95 , Th. 1.125 .

d). less freq. c. dupl. gen. pers. et rei, hear of a thing from a person, as Od. 17.115 , D. 18.9 .

e). with part. or inf. added, as εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφ’ Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι should he hear that all are now crouching under Hector, Il. 7.129 , cf. Hdt. 7.10 .θ/, X. Cyr. 2.4.12 , D. 3.9 ; ἀ. αὐτὸν ὄλβιον εἶναι to hear [generally] that he is happy, Il. 24.543 , cf. X. An. 2.5.13 , etc.:—also ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι or ὡς, Ἀτρεΐδην ἀκού/ετε ὡς.. Od. 3.193 ; τὸν Δαίδαλον οὐκ ἀκήκοας, ὁτι..; X. Mem. 4.2.33 ; ἀ. οὕνεκα S. OC 33 .

f). c. gen. et part., to express what one actually hears from a person, ταῦτ’. . ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος S. Ph. 595 ; ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, Pl. Prt. 320b , X. Mem. 2.4.1 : rarely c. acc. et part., S. Ph. 614 .

2). know by hearsay, ἔξοιδ’ ἀκούων S. OT 105 : pres. is used like a pf., νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται, εἴ που ἀκούεις Od. 15.403 , cf. 3.193 ; in Prose, Pl. Grg. 503c , Luc. Gall. 13 .

3). abs., hearken, give ear, esp. in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar. 1 , etc.: for S. OT 1386 v. πηγή 2 .

4). οἱ ἀκούοντες readers of a book, Plb. 1.13.6 , al.

II). listen to, give ear to, c. gen., Il. 1.381 , etc.: metaph., Φωκυλίδου οὐκ ἀκούεις ; Pl. R. 407a : rarely c. dat., ἀ. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳ Il. 16.515 (in S. El. 227 τίνι is Eth. dat.): with gen. of part. after dat., ὅττι οἱ ὦκ’ ἤκουσε .. θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο ib. 531 .

2). obey, βασιλῆος, θεοῦ, Il. 19.256 , Od. 7.11 :— Med., Λεωφίλου δ’ ἀκούεται [πάντα] Archil. 64 .

3). hear and understand, κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον A. Pr. 448 , cf. Ch. 5 , Ar. Ra. 1173 ; τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν S.E. M. 1.37 .

4). to be a pupil of, c. gen., D.L. 9.21 .

III). after Hom., serving as Pass. to λέγειν, hear oneself called, be called, like Lat. audire, εἴπερ ὄρθ’ ἀκούεις, Ζεῦ S. OT 903 (cf. A. Ag. 161 ); freq. with εὖ and κακῶς, κακῶς ἀ. ὑπό τινος to be ill spoken of by one; πρός τινος Hdt. 7.16 .ά; περί τινος for a thing, Id. 6.86 .ά; ἄμεινον, ἄριστα ἀ., Hdt. 2.173 , 8.93 , cf. S. Ph. 1313 , Antipho 5.75 , etc.

2). with nom. of subject, ἀκούειν κακός, καλός, S. OC 988 , Pl. Ly. 207a ; νῦν κόλακες καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθροὶ .. ἀκούουσι D. 18.46 , etc.; ἔχαιρε ἀκούων Αἰετὸς ὁ Πύρρος Ael. NA 7.45 ; later in Pass. in this sense, Nonn. D. 21.220 ,al.

3). c. inf., ἤκουον εἶναι πρῶτοι were said to be first, Hdt. 3.131 ; also ἀκούσομαι μὲν ὡς ἔφυν οἴκτου πλέως S. Ph. 1074 .

4). c. acc. rei, ἀ. κακά have evil spoken of one, Ar. Th. 388 , cf. S. Ph. 607 ; ἀ. λόγον ἐσλόν Pi. I. 5(4).13 ; φήμας .. κακὰς ἤκουσεν E. Hel. 615 .

5). οὕτως ἀ. hear it so said, i. e. at first hearing, ὡς οὕτω γ’ ἀκοῦσαι Pl. Euthphr. 3b ; ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι Id. Ly. 216a .

IV). understand, take in a certain sense, Jul. Or. 4.147a ; esp. in Scholl., as Sch. E. Or. 333 ; τι ἐπί τινος Sch. E. Hipp. 73 .

V). Astrol., aspect mutually, of signs equidistant from an equinoctial sign, Doroth. 189 , Heph. Astr. 2.2 ; also, = ὑπακούειν (q. v.), Id. 1.9 .