__c in Prose the person from whom thing is heard frequently takes preposition, ἀ. τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.524, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 7, 95, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.125. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__d less frequently with double genitive person et of things, hear of a thing from a person, as [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.115, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.9. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__e with participle or infinitive added, as εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφ᾽ Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι should he hear that all are now crouching under Hector, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.129, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.θ, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.9] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. αὐτὸν ὄλβιον εἶναι to hear [generally] that he is happy, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.543, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.13, etc.:—also ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι or ὡς, Ἀτρεΐδην ἀκοετε ὡς.. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.193] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν Δαίδαλον οὐκ ἀκήκοας, ὁτι..; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.33; ἀ. οὕνεκα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__f with genitive et participle, to express what one actually hears from a person, ταῦτ᾽.. ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 595] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.4.1] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with accusative et participle, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 614. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 know by hearsay, ἔξοιδ᾽ ἀκούων[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 105] Refs 5th c.BC+]: present is used like a perfect, νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται, εἴ που ἀκούεις[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.403, compare 3.193] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Prose, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 503c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, hearken, give ear, especially in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar.[[ 1, etc.: for 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1386 see at {πηγή} 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 οἱ ἀκούοντες readers of a book, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.13.6, +others ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II listen to, give ear to, with genitive, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.381, etc.: _metaphorically_, Φωκυλίδου οὐκ ἀκούει; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407a: rarely with _dative_, ἀ. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.515 (in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 227 τίνι is Eth. _dative_): with _genitive_ of ] Refs 8th c.BC+]participle after dative, ὅττι οἱ ὦκ᾽ ἤκουσε.. θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο[[ [prev. work] 531. ] Refs]
__III.5 οὕτως ἀ. hear it so said, i. e. at first hearing, ὡς οὕτω γ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3b; ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι [prev. author] “Ly.” 216a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV understand, take in a certain sense, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.147a; especially in Scholl., as Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 333] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τι ἐπί τινος [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 73. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
