ἐπήκοος

A. listening, giving ear to, c.gen., ἐμῶν ἔργων A. Ag. 1420; κακῶν, δίκης, Id. Ch. 980, Eu. 732; ἐ. καὶ θεαταὶ δικῶν Pl. Lg. 767d; λόγων Id. R. 499a: less freq. c. dat., εὐχαῖς Id. Phlb. 25b; ἐ. εἶναι γονεῦσι πρὸς τέκνα θεούς Id. Lg. 931c; ὧν ηὔχοντο τὰ μέγιστα αὐτοῖς οἱ θεοὶ ἐ. γεγόνασι Id. Mx. 247d; γυναιξίν AP 9.303 (Adaeus): abs., listening to prayer, of gods, Pi. O. 14.14 codd., Ar. Th. 1157 (lyr.), BGU 1216.50 (ii B.C.); Ἀσκληπιῷ ἐ. θεῷ IG 12(8).366 (Thasos); epith. of Artemis, IG 14.963, 12(9).1262 (Attica), etc.

2. obedient, ψυχαί J. BJ 3.8.5.

II. within hearing, within ear-shot, εἰς ἐπήκοον στῆσαί τινα, καλέσασθαι, X. An. 2.5.38, 3.3.1; ἐν ἐπηκόῳ εἶναι, στῆναι, J. BJ 5.9.3,3.10.2; ἐξ ἐπηκόου Luc. Cont. 20; ἐς τὸ ἐπηκοώτατον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Id. Icar. 23; ἀναγνῶναι ἐς ἐ. ἅπασι Id. Symp. 21

III. Pass., heard, listened to, ἃ πᾶς ὑμνεῖ ἐπήκοα γενέσθαι παρὰ θεῶν Pl. Lg. 931b; ἐ. αἱ τοῦ θεοφιλοῦς εὐχαί Ph. 1.296.

IV. Subst. ἐπήκοος, Dor. ἐπάκοος,ὁ, witness to a transaction, IG 5(1).1228 (Taenarum), al., dub. in Foed.Delph.Pell. 1 A 15; ἐπήκοοι delegates, IG 11(4).1065. (Dual ἐπακόω ib.5(1).1230, ἐπάκω 1231, 1233, ἐπάκοε 1232.)