ἀκροάομαι

A. ἠκρόαμαι Arist. HA 537b3: 2 sg. plpf. ἠκρόασο Antiph. 93 ἠκροᾶσο· ἠκροῶ, wrongly, AB 98): aor. ἠκροάθην (in pass. sense) J. AJ 17.5.2, Aristid. 1.30 J.:—hearken, listen to: c. gen. pers., Antipho 5.4, Pl. Grg. 499b: c. acc. rei, Th. 6.89, etc.: c. gen. rei, Th. 2.21, 6.17: c. gen. pers. et acc. rei, Pl. Hp.Ma. 285d.

2. abs., listen, Hp. Int. 35, Ar. Lys. 503, Pherecr. 154, Lys. 19.3; ὁ ἀκροώμενος hearer, Eup. 94.7; esp. of those who hear lectures, X. Smp. 3.6; also, reader, Philostr. VA 5.14: c. gen., ἀνὴρ Ἀριστοτέλους ἠκροαμένος Str. 13.1.54, cf. Plu. Caes. 3.

II. attend to, obey, τινός Th. 3.27, cf. Lys. 20.9, Pl. Grg. 488c: abs., ἐνδοιαστῶς ἀ. Th. 6.10.