ἀκοή, ἡ,
Epic dialect ἀκουή· (ἀκοϝ, compare ἀκούω):— hearing, sound heard, ἕκαθεν δέ τε γίγνετ᾽ ἀ.[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.634. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 thing heard, tidings, μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν ἱκέσθαι, βῆναι, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.308, 4.701] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν Σόλωνος ἀκοήν according to Solon's story, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 21a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; report, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.84, 90] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. σοφοῖς thing for wise men to listen to, [[[prev. work] 9.78] Refs]; ἀκοῇ ἱστορεῖν, παραλαβεῖν τι by hearsay, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29, 148; ἐπίστασθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.67, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.126; ἐξ ἀκοῆς λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἀ. τῶν προγεγενημένων traditions, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20; ἀκοαὶ.. λόγων [prev. author] 1.73] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκοὴν μαρτυρεῖν, προσάγειν, give, bring hearsay evidence, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.4; βαρὺν.. ἀκοῆς ψόφον “Anthologia Graeca” 6.220 (3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ γὰρ ἀκουῆς οἰκτίρω σε[[ [prev. work] 7.220 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II sense of hearing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; joined with ὄψις, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 65b, etc.; οἷς ὦτα μέν ἐστιν, ἀκοαὶδὲ οὐκ ἔνεισιν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.474. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 act of hearing, ἐς ἀκοὰν ἐμήν to my hearing, my ear, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 689; γᾶρυν ἀραρεῖν ἀκοαῖσι 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 41; ὀξεῖαν ἀ... λόγοις διδούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 30; ἀκοῇ κλύειν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1412] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκοαῖς δέχεσθαι, εἰς ἀκοὰς.. ἥκειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1496, “Ph.” 1480; δι᾽ ἀκοῆς αἰσθάνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 900a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκοὴν ὑπειπών demanding a hearing, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 962; τοῖς ἀκροάμασι τὰς ἀ. ἀνατεθεικώς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.5.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]