Ἀκούω

[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].