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Headword: Ἀκούω
Adler number: alpha,939
Translated headword: I listen
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Used] with a genitive, but [sc. also] with an accusative. "Everyone who listens to these words of mine."[1] Also, "he who listens to my word and does not believe."[2] That is, [he who] is taught. Because I listen, if it means I understand and I learn, is used with an accusative; but if [it means] I hear with the ears alone, [it is used] with a genitive. And an example of the I learn [sense] [is] the [phrase] of Gregory the Theologian: "listen to the word of a man fully educated in such things."[3] Also in the Apologetica: "this weighed me down and persuaded me it was better to listen to the sound of praise than to be the interpretor of things beyond my ability."[4] On the other hand [here is] an example of the I hear [sense] from the same theologian. "Since I myself listened to [ = was a student of] a certain man fully educated in such things".[5] And very many others [sc. could be cited].
Greek Original:
Ἀκούω: γενικῇ, αἰτιατικῇ δέ. πᾶς ὅστις ἀκούει μου τοὺς λόγους τούτους. καὶ, ὁ ἀκούων τὸν λόγον μου καὶ μὴ πιστεύων. τουτέστι διδασκόμενος. ὅτι τὸ ἀκούω, εἰ μὲν σημαίνει τὸ πυνθάνομαι καὶ μανθάνω, μετὰ αἰτιατικῆς συντάσσεται: εἰ δὲ τὸ ἐνωτίζομαι τοῖς ὠσὶ μόνοις, μετὰ γενικῆς. καὶ τοῦ μὲν μανθάνω παράδειγμα τὸ τοῦ θεολόγου Γρηγορίου: ἀκούσατε λόγον ἀνδρὸς οὐ μετρίως τὰ τοιαῦτα πεπαιδευμένου. καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἥττημαι: τοῦτό με ἵστη κάτω, καὶ εἶναι βέλτιον ἔπειθε φωνὴν ἀκούειν αἰνέσεως ἢ ἐξηγητὴν εἶναι τῶν ὑπὲρ δύναμιν. τοῦ δὲ ἐνωτίζομαι παράδειγμα τοῦ αὐτοῦ θεολόγου. ὡς δὲ ἐγώ τινος ἤκουσα ἀνδρὸς οὐ μετρίως τὰ τοιαῦτα πεπαιδευμένου. καὶ ἄλλα πλεῖστα.
Notes:
[1] Matthew 7:24.
[2] John 5:24.
[3] Gregory of Nazianzus (PG 35.705c).
[4] Gregory of Nazianzus (PG 35.484a).
[5] Quotation unidentifiable (whether in Gr. Naz., or elsewhere).
Keywords: Christianity; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 23 March 2001@19:01:22.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 4 June 2002@09:27:30.
David Whitehead (tweaks to tr; more keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics) on 27 January 2012@05:41:53.
David Whitehead (further modifications to tr; another note) on 27 January 2012@06:05:30.

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