acroasisn.

Brit.

/ˌakrəʊˈeɪsɪs/, U.S.

/ˌækroʊˈeɪsᵻs/

Inflections: Plural acroases.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acroāsis; Greek ἀκρόασις.

Etymology: < classical Latin acroāsis public lecture, and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρόασις action of hearing, something listened to, recitation, lecture < ἀκροᾶσθαι to listen, to listen to ( < ἄκρος topmost (see acro- comb. form) + οὖς ear (see oto- comb. form), the sense being ‘to prick the ears, listen carefully’) + -σις -sis suffix. Compare acroama n.

Chiefly Ancient History. Now rare.

An oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read.

ΚΠ

1623 W. Lisle Ælfric's Saxon Treat. To Rdr. sig. e3 Of this their Translation..the same may be rightly said, that Aristotle said of his Acroasis, it is published, & not.

1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. sig. a8^v If you blame the Obscurity, remember, Acroases [L. Acroases] are so to be published, that they become not publick.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 20 Six hundred Persons,..came to his nocturnall Acroasis (perhaps meaning the Lectures through a skreen during their probation).

1696 J. Toland Christianity not Myst. iii. vi. i62 Secondly, they were remov'd nearer the People, where during three Years they might hear the Priests, tho not see them: this Step was therefore call'd Acroasis.

1743 R. James Medicinal Dict. I Acroasis, it signifies an Audience, Harangue, or Lecture, or what in foreign Universities they call a College.

1842 E. B. Barrett Some Acct. Greek Christian Poets in Athenæum 12 Mar. 230/2 [He] gave his admiring poems the appropriate and suggestive name of acroases—auscultations—things intended to be heard.

1853 G. Finlay Hist. Byzantine Empire ii. i. 378 There is a contemporary poem in five cantos (acroases) on the conquest of Crete, by Theodosius, a deacon, which gives a tolerably correct, though not a very poetical, picture of the war.

1984 Classical Rev. 34 47 His main concern is to stress that publication for the Augustans was more a question of recitatio and acroasis..than of the dissemination of written texts.

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

单词	acroasis
释义	acroasisn. Brit. /ˌakrəʊˈeɪsɪs/, U.S. /ˌækroʊˈeɪsᵻs/ Inflections: Plural acroases. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acroāsis; Greek ἀκρόασις. Etymology: < classical Latin acroāsis public lecture, and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρόασις action of hearing, something listened to, recitation, lecture < ἀκροᾶσθαι to listen, to listen to ( < ἄκρος topmost (see acro- comb. form) + οὖς ear (see oto- comb. form), the sense being ‘to prick the ears, listen carefully’) + -σις -sis suffix. Compare acroama n. Chiefly Ancient History. Now rare. An oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read. ΚΠ 1623 W. Lisle Ælfric's Saxon Treat. To Rdr. sig. e3 Of this their Translation..the same may be rightly said, that Aristotle said of his Acroasis, it is published, & not. 1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. sig. a8^v If you blame the Obscurity, remember, Acroases [L. Acroases] are so to be published, that they become not publick. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 20 Six hundred Persons,..came to his nocturnall Acroasis (perhaps meaning the Lectures through a skreen during their probation). 1696 J. Toland Christianity not Myst. iii. vi. i62 Secondly, they were remov'd nearer the People, where during three Years they might hear the Priests, tho not see them: this Step was therefore call'd Acroasis. 1743 R. James Medicinal Dict. I Acroasis, it signifies an Audience, Harangue, or Lecture, or what in foreign Universities they call a College. 1842 E. B. Barrett Some Acct. Greek Christian Poets in Athenæum 12 Mar. 230/2 [He] gave his admiring poems the appropriate and suggestive name of acroases—auscultations—things intended to be heard. 1853 G. Finlay Hist. Byzantine Empire ii. i. 378 There is a contemporary poem in five cantos (acroases) on the conquest of Crete, by Theodosius, a deacon, which gives a tolerably correct, though not a very poetical, picture of the war. 1984 Classical Rev. 34 47 His main concern is to stress that publication for the Augustans was more a question of recitatio and acroasis..than of the dissemination of written texts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1623
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