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 akróāmă	τὼ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ akroā́măte	τᾰ̀ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ akroā́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτος toû akroā́mătos	τοῖν ἀκροᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn akroāmắtoin	τῶν ἀκροᾱμᾰ́των tôn akroāmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi akroā́mătĭ	τοῖν ἀκροᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn akroāmắtoin	τοῖς ἀκροᾱ́μᾰσῐ / ἀκροᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs akroā́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἀκρόᾱμᾰ tò akróāmă	τὼ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ akroā́măte	τᾰ̀ ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ akroā́mătă
Vocative	ἀκρόᾱμᾰ akróāmă	ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτε akroā́măte	ἀκροᾱ́μᾰτᾰ akroā́mătă
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 (2006–2025)