ἀκοή
I. "a hearing, the sound heard", Il.
2. "the thing heard, hearsay, report, news, tidings", μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουήν in quest of "tidings" of his father, Od.; ἀκοῆι ἱστορεῖν, παραλαβεῖν τι to know "by hearsay", Hdt.; so, ἐξ ἀκοῆς λέγειν Plat.
II. "the sense of hearing", Hdt., etc.
2. "the act of hearing, hearing", ἀκοῆι κλύειν, ἀκοαῖς δέχεσθαι, εἰς ἀκοὰς ἔρχεταί τι Soph., Eur.; δι᾽ ἀκοῆς αἰσθάνεσθαι Plat.
III. "the ear", Sapph., Aesch.