ἀκούω

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See also: ακούω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

 

Verb

ᾰ̓κούω (akoúō)

  1. (transitive) I hear Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "means" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "means" is not used by this template.
  2. (transitive) I hear about, learn
  3. (transitive) I listen, pay attention to, heed
    Ἄκουε τοῦ διδασκάλου!
    Ákoue toû didaskálou!
    Listen to the teacher!
    Νῦν δὲ ἄκουσον με!
    Nûn dè ákouson me!
    Now listen to me!
  4. (transitive) I understand
  5. (transitive) I obey
  6. (passive voice) I am called, am spoken of, am known as

Usage notes

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

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

Descendants

  • Greek: ακούω (akoúo)

Derived terms

References