2. thing heard, tidings, μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν ἱκέσθαι, βῆναι, Od.2.308, 4.701; κατὰ τὴν Σόλωνος ἀκοήν according to Solon's story, Pl.Ti.21a; report, Pi.P.1.84,90; ἀ. σοφοῖς thing for wise men to listen to, ib.9.78; ἀκοῇ ἱστορεῖν, παραλαβεῖν τι by hearsay, Hdt.2.29,148; “ἐπίστασθαι” Antipho 5.67, Th. 4.126; “ἐξ ἀκοῆς λέγειν” Pl.Phd.61d; τὰς ἀ. τῶν προγεγενημένων traditions, Th.1.20; “ἀκοαὶ . . λόγων” Id.1.73; ἀκοὴν μαρτυρεῖν, προσάγειν, give, bring hearsay evidence, D.57.4; “βαρὺν . . ἀκοῆς ψόφον” AP6.220 (Diosc.); ἐκ γὰρ ἀκουῆς οἰκτίρω σε ib.7.220 (Agath.).
II. sense of hearing, Hdt.1.38, etc.; joined with ὄψις, Pl.Phd.65b, etc.; “οἷς ὦτα μέν ἐστιν, ἀκοαὶδὲ οὐκ ἔνεισιν” Ph.1.474.
2. act of hearing, ἐς ἀκοὰν ἐμήν to my hearing, my ear, A.Pr.689; “γᾶρυν ἀραρεῖν ἀκοαῖσι” Simon. 41; “ὀξεῖαν ἀ. . . λόγοις διδούς” S.El.30; “ἀκοῇ κλύειν” Id.Ph.1412; ἀκοαῖς δέχεσθαι, εἰς ἀκοὰς . . ἥκειν, E.IT1496, Ph.1480; “δι᾽ ἀκοῆς αἰσθάνεσθαι” Pl.Lg.900a; ἀκοὴν ὑπειπών demanding a hearing, E.HF962; “τοῖς ἀκροάμασι τὰς ἀ. ἀνατεθεικώς” Plb.24.5.9.
3. ear, “ὀππάτεσσι δ᾽ οὖδεν ὄρημ᾽, ἐπιρρόμβεισι δ᾽ ἄκουαι” Sapph.2.12, cf. A.R.4.17; “ἀπεσθίει μου τὴν ἀ.” Hermipp.52, cf. Pherecr.199; δυσὶν ἀκοαῖς κρίνειν with two ears, Arist.Pol.1287b27, cf. Pr.960a30, Call.Fr.106.5.
III. hearing, listening to, “ἀκοῆς ἄξιος” Pl.Tht.142d; εἰς ἀκοὴν φωνῆς within hearing of . ., D.S.19.41.
IV. obedience, “ἀ. ὑπὲρ θυσίαν ἀγαθή” LXX 1 Ki.15.22.
V. in pl., place where supernatural voices are heard, IG4.955.10 (Epid.), Marin.Procl.32; “αἱ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ” Aristid.Or.47(23).13.
