ἀκούω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *akouhō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti, and cognate with English hear, hark and harken. In this word, the diphthong ου (ou) is genuine (see spurious diphthong on Wikipedia for an explanation).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ᾰ̓κούω (akoúō)

  1. (transitive) to hear [with accusative ‘something’; or with genitive ‘someone’]
  2. (transitive) to hear about, learn
  3. (transitive) to listen, pay attention to, heed
    Ἄκουε τοῦ διδασκάλου!
    Ákoue toû didaskálou!
    Listen to the teacher!
    Νῦν δὲ ἄκουσόν μου!
    Nûn dè ákousón mou!
    Now listen to me!
  4. (transitive) to understand
  5. (transitive) to obey
  6. (passive voice) to be called, be spoken of, be known as

Usage notes

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Usually, the object which is heard takes the accusative case, while the speaker, when present, takes the genitive. Sometimes the object is in the genitive, or the person is introduced with a preposition.

Inflection

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Attic uses the future middle ἀκούσομαι (akoúsomai), while future active ἀκούσω (akoúsō) appears in Koine and Homer (Iliad 21.475).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ακούω (akoúo)

References

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