acroama

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin acroāma.

Noun

acroama (plural acroamata)

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

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “acroama”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκρόαμα (akróama, “something heard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.kroˈaː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.kroˈaː.ma]

Noun

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.
3. (Contemporary Latin) podcast
   • (Can we date this quote?), Ephemeris Nuntii Latini Universi‎^[1]:

     Hic praebentur acroamata (vulgo: podcasts) varia quae in rete inveniri possunt. Certe opiniones hic expressae externae sunt Ephemeridi.

     Here we are presented with various acroamata (commonly known as podcasts) that can be found online. Some of the opinions expressed here are external to the Ephemeris.

Declension

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

• English: acroama
• Portuguese: acroama

References

• “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, 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