Ὠτακουστεῖν

to eavesdrop

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Sep 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 22 words
[Used] with a genitive.1 [Meaning] to wish to learn secrets from certain people.2
Also [sc. attested is the related noun] w)takousth/s ['eavesdropper/spy'].3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὠτακουστεῖν· γενικῇ. τὰ κρύφια μανθάνειν ἐθέλειν διά τινων. καὶ Ὠτακουστής.

Betacode
*)wtakoustei=n: genikh=|. ta\ kru/fia manqa/nein e)qe/lein dia/ tinwn. kai\ *)wtakousth/s.

Notes (3)

  1. For an early instance of the headword verb see Herodotus 8.130.4; and note also e.g. Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.2.10, on the Persian 'Kings's Ears' (and 'King's Eyes').
  2. 1This usage is not independently attested. ↩
  3. 2Similar glossing, variously, in other lexica. ↩
  4. 3cf. under mu 1036 and omicron 1012. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Jun 2014
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked tr; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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