ἐπᾰκού-ω,
future ἐπακούσομαι[[LXX.Gen.30.33 ] LXX], later ἐπακούσω [[ “Psalms of Solomon [1st c.BC]” 18.3 ] Refs]:—hear, with accusative of things, ὂς πάντ᾽ ἐφορᾷς καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐπακούεις, of the Sun, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.277, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.109 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; proverbial, ὁπποῖόν κ᾽ εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κ᾽ ἐπακούσαις as thou speakest, so wilt thou be answered, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.250; φωνὴν ἐ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 448; χρησμόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1080 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with accusative of things et genitive person, ἔπος ἐμέθεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.98: with _genitive_ _of things_, εὐχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 263; τῆς φωνῆς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.70: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.53, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.98, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 overhear, μή τις τῶν ἀμυήτων ἐπακούσῃ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 628. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 hear about, hear tell of, μόχθων [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 165 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with participle, οἷον γᾶς Ἀσίας οὐκ ἐπακούω.. βλαστὸν φύτευμα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 695 (Lyric poetry); τινά τι δρῶντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 give ear, listen, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 725 (_anapaest meter_): with _genitive_ _person_, ἐμοῦ 'πάκουσον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 708, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μοι 'pray attend', [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 227c ] Refs]: especially of giving ear to one who prays, of God, [[ LXX.Isa.49.8, “UPZ” 78.24 (2nd c.BC)] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; or to advice, commands, etc., i.e. obey, βουλῆς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.143; δίκης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 275; ἐμῶν μύθων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1417 (_anapaest meter_): with _dative_ _of things_, τῷ κελεύσματι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.141; ταῖς εὐχαῖς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 13.6, cf. LXX.Hos.2.21(23). ] LXX+8th c.BC+]