acroama

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin acroāma. === Noun === acroama (plural acroamata) rhetorical declamation 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 Anything heard, especially anything heard for entertainment, such as a play or musical piece. performer, such as an actor or musician. (Contemporary Latin) podcast ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== 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