LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

acroāsis

acroāsis f (genitive acroāsis)

Meaning

  1. public lecture

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeacroāsisacroāsēs
genitiveacroāsisacroāsium
dativeacroāsīacroāsibus
accusativeacroāsinacroāsēs
acroāsīs
ablativeacroāsīacroāsibus
vocativeacroāsisacroāsēs

ācrŏāsis, is, f., = ἀκρόασις (
I. a hearing, a listening to), the discourse delivered before an assembly, public lecture (cf. the use of contio among Eng. and collegium among Germ. scholars, for discourse, etc.): ut eas vel in acroasi audeam legere, in a public lecture, Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2: Callias acroasin fecit, Vitr. 10, 22: plurimas acroases fecit, Suet. Gram. 2 (al. ἀκροάσεις).

Origins

  1. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαι(ăkroắomai)
  2. Ancient Greek -τῐς(-tĭs)
  3. Ancient Greek -σις(-sis)
  4. Latinacroāsis

Ancient Greek ἀκρόᾱσις (akróāsis)bor. Latin acroāsis Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκρόᾱσις (akróāsis, “a hearing or lecture”).

Quick answers

What does acroāsis mean in Latin?
acroāsis, a noun, means “public lecture”.
What is the genitive of acroāsis?
The genitive singular is acroāsis. acroāsis is feminine, third declension.
Where does acroāsis come from?
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαι (ăkroắomai) → Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) → Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) → Latin acroāsis.