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noun greek

ācrŏāsis

gen. ācrŏāsis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
= ἀκρόασις (
a hearing; a listening to; the discourse delivered before an assembly •
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).
Perseus ID: n584 Key: acroasis