acousman.

Brit.

/əˈkuːzmə/, U.S.

/əˈkuzmə/

Inflections: Plural acousmata.

Forms: 1600s– acousma, 1800s– akousma.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acousmata; Greek ἀκούσματα, ἄκουσμα.

Etymology: Originally in plural < post-classical Latin acousmata (1598 or earlier) or its etymon ancient Greek ἀκούσματα, plural of ἄκουσμα anything heard, rumour, report, oral instruction < ἀκούειν to hear (see acoustic adj.) + -μα (see -oma comb. form).In plural form acousmata after the Latin and Greek plural forms.

In Pythagoreanism: any one of a collection of maxims, precepts, or propositions, often cryptic in nature, accepted on authority without supporting justification or proof. Frequently in plural. Cf. acousmatic n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > [noun] > system of belief, creed > matters of belief

credenda1601

credends1641

acousma1660

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 47 They did esteem those amongst them the wisest, who had most of these Acousmata. Now all these Acousmata were divided into three kinds; some tell, what something is, others tell, what is most such a thing; the third sort tell, what is to be done and what not.

1702 Lives Anc. Philosophers 345 Doctrines, not supported by Demonstrations, were call'd Acousmata.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Acousmatici The Pythagorean Acousmata.

1892 J. Burnet Early Greek Philos. ii. 102 Hippasos was the author..of a superstitious ceremonial or ritual handbook, probably containing Akousmata like those we are about to consider.

1979 P. Gorman Pythagoras 3 He..quotes several akousmata borrowed by the writers of the New Testament.

1986 K. Corrigan in A. H. Armstrong Classical Mediterranean Spirituality 367 An old Pythagorean acousma shifted the Elysian Fields..from a mythical point in the West.

1997 Studia Patristica 29 233 All interpretation of the acousmata (as the Pythagorean apophthegms were called) was in the hands of the mathematici.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acousma
释义	acousman. Brit. /əˈkuːzmə/, U.S. /əˈkuzmə/ Inflections: Plural acousmata. Forms: 1600s– acousma, 1800s– akousma. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acousmata; Greek ἀκούσματα, ἄκουσμα. Etymology: Originally in plural < post-classical Latin acousmata (1598 or earlier) or its etymon ancient Greek ἀκούσματα, plural of ἄκουσμα anything heard, rumour, report, oral instruction < ἀκούειν to hear (see acoustic adj.) + -μα (see -oma comb. form).In plural form acousmata after the Latin and Greek plural forms. In Pythagoreanism: any one of a collection of maxims, precepts, or propositions, often cryptic in nature, accepted on authority without supporting justification or proof. Frequently in plural. Cf. acousmatic n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > [noun] > system of belief, creed > matters of belief credenda1601 credends1641 acousma1660 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 47 They did esteem those amongst them the wisest, who had most of these Acousmata. Now all these Acousmata were divided into three kinds; some tell, what something is, others tell, what is most such a thing; the third sort tell, what is to be done and what not. 1702 Lives Anc. Philosophers 345 Doctrines, not supported by Demonstrations, were call'd Acousmata. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Acousmatici The Pythagorean Acousmata. 1892 J. Burnet Early Greek Philos. ii. 102 Hippasos was the author..of a superstitious ceremonial or ritual handbook, probably containing Akousmata like those we are about to consider. 1979 P. Gorman Pythagoras 3 He..quotes several akousmata borrowed by the writers of the New Testament. 1986 K. Corrigan in A. H. Armstrong Classical Mediterranean Spirituality 367 An old Pythagorean acousma shifted the Elysian Fields..from a mythical point in the West. 1997 Studia Patristica 29 233 All interpretation of the acousmata (as the Pythagorean apophthegms were called) was in the hands of the mathematici. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1660
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