ἄκουσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) +‎ -μα (-ma, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kuːz.ma/ → /ˈa.kuz.ma/ → /ˈa.kuz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kuːz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kuz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kuz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kuz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kuz.ma/

Noun

ἄ̆κουσμᾰ • (ákousma) n (genitive ἀ̆κούσμᾰτος); third declension

1. Thing heard, such as music.
   1. Rumor, report.
   2. (education) Oral instruction, in the Pythagorean school.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄ̆κουσμᾰ; τοῦ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄ̆κουσμᾰ tò ákousma	τὼ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτε tṑ akoúsmate	τᾰ̀ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτᾰ tà akoúsmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτος toû akoúsmatos	τοῖν ἀ̆κουσμᾰ́τοιν toîn akousmátoin	τῶν ἀ̆κουσμᾰ́των tôn akousmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτῐ tôi akoúsmati	τοῖν ἀ̆κουσμᾰ́τοιν toîn akousmátoin	τοῖς ἀ̆κούσμᾰσῐ / ἀ̆κούσμᾰσῐν toîs akoúsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄ̆κουσμᾰ tò ákousma	τὼ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτε tṑ akoúsmate	τᾰ̀ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτᾰ tà akoúsmata
Vocative	ἄ̆κουσμᾰ ákousma	ἀ̆κούσμᾰτε akoúsmate	ἀ̆κούσμᾰτᾰ akoúsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἄκουσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press