acroasis
acroasis, prop., a hearing; hence, a discourse, lecture
ācrŏāsis, is, f., = ἀκρόασις 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).
acroāsis, is, Akk. in, Abl. i, f. (ἀκρόασις, eig. das Anhören, dah. meton.) das Angehörte, die Vorlesung, der Vortrag, Varr. sat. Men. 517. Cic. ad Att. 15, 17, 2: acroasin facere, Vitr. 10, 16 (22), 3: Plur., plurimas acroasis fecit, Suet. gr. 2.
ăcrŏāsis, is, f. (ἀκρόασις), audition ; savant auditoire : Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2 || conférence : Vitr. Arch. 10, 16, 3 ; Suet. Gramm. 2.
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Acroāsis
(ἀκρόασις). (1) A literary discourse or lecture. The term (itself of Greek origin) is applied by the Latin writers to a discourse or disputation, by some instructor or professor of an art, to a numerous audience. The corresponding Latin term is auditio.
(2) It also signifies a place or room where literary men met, a lecture-room.