ἀκροάομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly from ᾰ̓́κρος / ᾰ̓κμή (ắkros) + οὖς (oûs, “ear”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kro.á.o.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kroˈa.o.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kroˈa.o.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kroˈa.o.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kroˈa.o.me/
Verb
ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαι • (ăkroắomai) (deponent)
- (middle only) to listen
Inflection
Present: ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαι | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ῃ / ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ει | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́εται | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́εσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́εσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾰόμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́εσθε | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ωμαι | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ῃ | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ηται | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ησθον | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ησθον | ᾰ̓κροᾰώμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ησθε | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ωνται | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓κροᾰοίμην | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́οιο | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́οιτο | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́οισθον | ᾰ̓κροᾰοίσθην | ᾰ̓κροᾰοίμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́οισθε | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́οιντο | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ου | ᾰ̓κροᾰέσθω | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́εσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾰέσθων | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́εσθε | ᾰ̓κροᾰέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓κροᾰ́εσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓κροᾰόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓κροᾰομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓κροᾰόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: ᾰ̓κροῶμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾰ̓κροῶμαι | ᾰ̓κροᾷ | ᾰ̓κροᾶται | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθον | ᾰ̓κροώμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθε | ᾰ̓κροῶνται | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓κροῶμαι | ᾰ̓κροᾷ | ᾰ̓κροᾶται | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθον | ᾰ̓κροώμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθε | ᾰ̓κροῶνται | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓κροῴμην | ᾰ̓κροῷο | ᾰ̓κροῷτο | ᾰ̓κροῷσθον | ᾰ̓κροῴσθην | ᾰ̓κροῴμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροῷσθε | ᾰ̓κροῷντο | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓κροῶ | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σθω | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σθων | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθε | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓κροᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓κροώμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓κροωμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓κροώμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἠκροᾰόμην (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠκροᾰόμην | ἠκροᾰ́ου | ἠκροᾰ́ετο | ἠκροᾰ́εσθον | ἠκροᾰέσθην | ἠκροᾰόμεθᾰ | ἠκροᾰ́εσθε | ἠκροᾰ́οντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἠκροώμην (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠκροώμην | ἠκροῶ | ἠκροᾶτο | ἠκροᾶσθον | ἠκροᾱ́σθην | ἠκροώμεθᾰ | ἠκροᾶσθε | ἠκροῶντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σομαι | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σῃ / ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σει | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σεται | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σεσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σεσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾱσόμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σεσθε | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σονται | ||||
| optative | ᾰ̓κροᾱσοίμην | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σοιο | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σοιτο | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σοισθον | ᾰ̓κροᾱσοίσθην | ᾰ̓κροᾱσοίμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σοισθε | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓κροᾱσόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓κροᾱσομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓κροᾱσόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἠκροᾱσᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἠκροᾱσᾰ́μην | ἠκροᾱ́σω | ἠκροᾱ́σᾰτο | ἠκροᾱ́σᾰσθον | ἠκροᾱσᾰ́σθην | ἠκροᾱσᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἠκροᾱ́σᾰσθε | ἠκροᾱ́σᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σωμαι | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σῃ | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σηται | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σησθον | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σησθον | ᾰ̓κροᾱσώμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σησθε | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σωνται | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓κροᾱσαίμην | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σαιο | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σαιτο | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σαισθον | ᾰ̓κροᾱσαίσθην | ᾰ̓κροᾱσαίμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σαισθε | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σαιντο | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓κρόᾱσαι | ᾰ̓κροᾱσᾰ́σθω | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σᾰσθον | ᾰ̓κροᾱσᾰ́σθων | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σᾰσθε | ᾰ̓κροᾱσᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓κροᾱ́σᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓κροᾱσᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓κροᾱσᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓κροᾱσᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἠκρόαμαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠκρόαμαι | ἠκρόασαι | ἠκρόαται | ἠκρόασθον | ἠκρόασθον | ἠκροάμεθᾰ | ἠκρόασθε | ἠκρόανται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἠκροαμένος ὦ | ἠκροαμένος ᾖς | ἠκροαμένος ᾖ | ἠκροαμένω ἦτον | ἠκροαμένω ἦτον | ἠκροαμένοι ὦμεν | ἠκροαμένοι ἦτε | ἠκροαμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἠκροαμένος εἴην | ἠκροαμένος εἴης | ἠκροαμένος εἴη | ἠκροαμένω εἴητον / εἶτον | ἠκροαμένω εἰήτην / εἴτην | ἠκροαμένοι εἴημεν / εἶμεν | ἠκροαμένοι εἴητε / εἶτε | ἠκροαμένοι εἴησᾰν / εἶεν | |||||
| imperative | ἠκρόασο | ἠκροάσθω | ἠκρόασθον | ἠκροάσθων | ἠκρόασθε | ἠκροάσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἠκροᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἠκροαμένος | |||||||||||
| f | ἠκροαμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἠκροαμένον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἠκροάμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠκροάμην | ἠκρόασο | ἠκρόατο | ἠκρόασθον | ἠκροάσθην | ἠκροάμεθᾰ | ἠκρόασθε | ἠκρόαντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓κρόᾱσῐς (ăkróāsĭs)
Further reading
- “ἀκροάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκροάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀκροάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκροάομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)