acroama

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin acroāma.

Noun

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acroama (plural acroamata)

  1. rhetorical declamation
  2. esoteric teaching that was not to be written down

References

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  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀκρόαμα (akróama, something heard).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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acroāma n (genitive acroāmatis); third declension

  1. Anything heard, especially anything heard for entertainment, such as a play or musical piece.
  2. performer, such as an actor or musician.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative acroāma acroāmata
genitive acroāmatis acroāmatum
dative acroāmatī acroāmatibus
accusative acroāma acroāmata
ablative acroāmate acroāmatibus
vocative acroāma acroāmata

Descendants

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  • English: acroama
  • Portuguese: acroama

References

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  • acroama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acroama”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acroama in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • acroama”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acroama”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin