[B-Greek] AKOUW + gen/acc

Carl W.Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Thu Apr 21 16:15:17 EDT 2005


On Apr 21, 2005, at 2:54 PM, Beata Urbanek wrote:

> Dear B-Greekers,
>
> I'm trying to understand what other people (Wallace, Abbot, Thayer, 
> Friberg) say on the subject and I/m getting more and more confused.
> Is there a difference in meaning between AKOUW with genetive and 
> accusative? (The difference being between: hear/perceive and 
> hearken/obey)
> Of special interest form me are phrases with FWNH and AUTOU.

The difference is actually simple: AKOUW takes an accusative of the 
SOUND that is heard or a FACt that is learned by hearing but a genitive 
of the PERSON heard. Unfortunately, the usage of Koine writers doesn't 
completely conform to this rule. You'd do best to consult a lexicon 
such as BDAG or LSJ to get some sense of what is most common usage and 
what is more exceptional.


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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