ἀκρόαμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai, “listen”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kró.aː.ma/ → /aˈkro.a.ma/ → /aˈkro.a.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kró.aː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkro.a.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈkro.a.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈkro.a.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈkro.a.ma/

Noun

ἀκρόᾱμα • (akróāma) n (genitive ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. something heard
2. (especially something heard with pleasure): feast for the ears, song, play
3. (in plural): lecturers, musicians, actors

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἀκρόᾱμᾰ; τοῦ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀκρόᾱμᾰ tò akróāma	τὼ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ akroā́mate	τᾰ̀ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà akroā́mata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτος toû akroā́matos	τοῖν ἀκροᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn akroāmátoin	τῶν ἀκροᾱμᾰ́των tôn akroāmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi akroā́mati	τοῖν ἀκροᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn akroāmátoin	τοῖς ἀκροᾱ́μᾰσῐ / ἀκροᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs akroā́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἀκρόᾱμᾰ tò akróāma	τὼ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ akroā́mate	τᾰ̀ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà akroā́mata
Vocative	ἀκρόᾱμᾰ akróāma	ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτε akroā́mate	ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτᾰ akroā́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: acroama

Further reading

• “ἀκρόαμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκρόαμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκρόαμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκρόαμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)