ἐπήκοος,
Doric dialect ἐπάκοος [ᾱ], ον, listening, giving ear to, c.genitive, [[ ἐμῶν ἔργων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1420 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακῶν, δίκης, [[ [prev\. author] “Ch.” 980, “Eu.” 732; ἐ. καὶ θεαταὶ δικῶν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 767d; λόγων [prev\. author] “R.” 499a ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: less frequently with dative, [[ εὐχαῖς [prev\. author] “Phlb.” 25b; ἐ. εἶναι γονεῦσι πρὸς τέκνα θεούς [prev\. author] “Lg.” 931c; ὧν ηὔχοντο τὰ μέγιστα αὐτοῖς οἱ θεοὶ ἐ. γεγόνασι [prev\. author] “Mx.” 247d; γυναιξίν “AP” 9.303 (from Adaeus): _absolutely_ ] Refs], listening to prayer, of gods, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.14 codices, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Th.” 1157 (Lyric poetry), “BGU” 1216.50 (2nd c.BC); Ἀσκληπιῷ ἐ. θεῷ “IG” 12(8).366 (from Thasos); epithet of Artemis, “IG” 14.963, 12(9).1262 (from Attic dialect dialect a), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 obedient, [[ ψυχαί 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.8.5 ] Refs 1st c.AD+].
__II within hearing, within ear-shot, εἰς ἐπήκοον στῆσαί τινα, καλέσασθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 2.5.38, 3.3.1; ἐν ἐπηκόῳ εἶναι, στῆναι, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “BJ” 5.9.3, 3.10.2; ἐξ ἐπηκόου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 20; ἐς τὸ ἐπηκοώτατον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ [prev\. author] “Icar.” 23; ἀναγνῶναι ἐς ἐ. ἅπασι [prev\. author] “Symp.” 21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III passive, heard, listened to, [[ ἃ πᾶς ὑμνεῖ ἐπήκοα γενέσθαι παρὰ θεῶν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 931b; ἐ. αἱ τοῦ θεοφιλοῦς εὐχαί 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.296 ] Refs 6th c.BC+].