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 • (á̆kousmă) 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 ᾰ̓́κουσμᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́κουσμᾰ tò ắkousmă	τὼ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτε tṑ ăkoúsmăte	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτᾰ tằ ăkoúsmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτος toû ăkoúsmătos	τοῖν ᾰ̓κουσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ăkousmắtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓κουσμᾰ́των tôn ăkousmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτῐ tôi ăkoúsmătĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓κουσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ăkousmắtoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓κούσμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓κούσμᾰσῐν toîs ăkoúsmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́κουσμᾰ tò ắkousmă	τὼ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτε tṑ ăkoúsmăte	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτᾰ tằ ăkoúsmătă
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κουσμᾰ ắkousmă	ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτε ăkoúsmăte	ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτᾰ ăkoúsmătă
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