ὑπακούω
See also: υπακούω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + ἀκούω (akoúō, “to listen”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pa.kǒː.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.paˈku.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.paˈku.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.paˈku.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.paˈku.o/
Verb
ῠ̔πᾰκούω • (hupakoúō)
- (absolute) to listen, hearken, give ear
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.4
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.485
- 7th-6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 180
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 318
- 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 56
- to make answer when called
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.283
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.83
- 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 400
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 273
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 13.59
- 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 112
- 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 878
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 360
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Agesilaus 3.4
- 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Timarchus 49
- 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 266
- (with the genitive of object) to listen or hearken to, give ear to, heed, attend to
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 162D
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.1.20
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 708D
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 459C
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1333A.18
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.98
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 6.247D
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.148
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.119
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 325A
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.2.3
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.29
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 774B
- (special senses)
- (of porters) to answer a knock at the door
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Crito 43A
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 59E
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 12:13
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 4.9
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 28.3
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 1.11
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Evergus and Mnesibulus 35
- (of a judge) to listen to a complaint
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.1.18
- 4th century BC, Isaeus, Nicostratus 28
- 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 257
- 390 BCE – 322 BCE, Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus 2
- (of dependents, subjects) to obey, submit to
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.101
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.56
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.82
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.61
- 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos 35
- to answer one's expectations, to succeed
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Icaromenippus or The Sky-man 10
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 9.1.23
- (figuratively) to be subject to the sun's rays
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 3.24
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 1.15.1
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 5.4.2
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 18.68
- (of ailments) to yield, give way to a remedy
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 3.8
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 6.354
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prorrhetics 2.39
- 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 1.122
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 6.439
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Theseus 1
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Archytas, Collected Works 1
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.802B
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 4.45
- 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 2.62
- to concede a point in a dispute
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Topics 161B.15
- (of porters) to answer a knock at the door
- to understand under
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 31C
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.23C
- 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Poems 5.35
- (grammar) to understand a word omitted
- 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 22.21
- 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 68.15
Inflection
Present: ὑπακούω, ὑπακούομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
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present | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
active | indicative | ὑπακούω | ὑπακούεις | ὑπακούει | ὑπακούετον | ὑπακούετον | ὑπακούομεν | ὑπακούετε | ὑπακούουσῐ(ν) |
subjunctive | ὑπακούω | ὑπακούῃς | ὑπακούῃ | ὑπακούητον | ὑπακούητον | ὑπακούωμεν | ὑπακούητε | ὑπακούωσῐ(ν) | |
optative | ὑπακούοιμῐ | ὑπακούοις | ὑπακούοι | ὑπακούοιτον | ὑπακουοίτην | ὑπακούοιμεν | ὑπακούοιτε | ὑπακούοιεν | |
imperative | ὑπάκουε | ὑπακουέτω | ὑπακούετον | ὑπακουέτων | ὑπακούετε | ὑπακουόντων | |||
middle/ passive | indicative | ὑπακούομαι | ὑπακούει/ ὑπακούῃ | ὑπακούεται | ὑπακούεσθον | ὑπακούεσθον | ὑπακουόμεθᾰ | ὑπακούεσθε | ὑπακούονται |
subjunctive | ὑπακούωμαι | ὑπακούῃ | ὑπακούηται | ὑπακούησθον | ὑπακούησθον | ὑπακουώμεθᾰ | ὑπακούησθε | ὑπακούωνται | |
optative | ὑπακουοίμην | ὑπακούοιο | ὑπακούοιτο | ὑπακούοισθον | ὑπακουοίσθην | ὑπακουοίμεθᾰ | ὑπακούοισθε | ὑπακούοιντο | |
imperative | ὑπακούου | ὑπακουέσθω | ὑπακούεσθον | ὑπακουέσθων | ὑπακούεσθε | ὑπακουέσθων | |||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||
infinitive | ὑπακούειν | ὑπακούεσθαι | |||||||
participle | ὑπακούων, ὑπακούουσᾰ, ὑπάκουον | ὑπακουόμενος, ὑπακουομένη, ὑπακουόμενον |
Future: ὑπακούσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
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future | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
middle | indicative | ὑπακούσομαι | ὑπακούσει/ ὑπακούσῃ | ὑπακούσεται | ὑπακούσεσθον | ὑπακούσεσθον | ὑπακουσόμεθᾰ | ὑπακούσεσθε | ὑπακούσονται |
optative | ὑπακουσοίμην | ὑπακούσοιο | ὑπακούσοιτο | ὑπακούσοισθον | ὑπακουσοίσθην | ὑπακουσοίμεθᾰ | ὑπακούσοισθε | ὑπακούσοιντο | |
infinitive | participle | ||||||||
infinitive | ὑπακούσεσθαι | ὑπακουσόμενος, ὑπακουσομένη, ὑπακουσόμενον |
Descendants
- Greek: υπακούω (ypakoúo)
Further reading
- ὑπακούω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑπακούω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὑπακούω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὑπακούω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὑπακούω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ὑπακούω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5219 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979