acroasis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκρόασις (akróasis, “a hearing or lecture”), from ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai, “listen”).

Noun

acroasis (plural acroases)

  1. An oral discourse.

Synonyms

References

  • acroasis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκρόασις (akróasis, “a hearing or lecture”).

Noun

acroāsis f (genitive acroāsis); third declension

  1. A public lecture.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative acroāsis acroāsēs
genitive acroāsis acroāsum
dative acroāsī acroāsibus
accusative acroāsem acroāsēs
ablative acroāse acroāsibus
vocative acroāsis acroāsēs

References

  • acroasis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acroasis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acroasis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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