ἄκουσμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) + -μα (-ma, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kuːz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kuz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kuz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kuz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kuz.ma/
Noun
ἄ̆κουσμᾰ • (á̆kousmă) n (genitive ἀ̆κούσμᾰτος); third declension
- Thing heard, such as music.
- Rumor, report.
- (education) Oral instruction, in the Pythagorean school.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́κουσμᾰ tò ắkousmă |
τὼ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτε tṑ ăkoúsmăte |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτᾰ tằ ăkoúsmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτος toû ăkoúsmătos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓κουσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ăkousmắtoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓κουσμᾰ́των tôn ăkousmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτῐ tôi ăkoúsmătĭ |
τοῖν ᾰ̓κουσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ăkousmắtoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓κούσμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓κούσμᾰσῐν toîs ăkoúsmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́κουσμᾰ tò ắkousmă |
τὼ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτε tṑ ăkoúsmăte |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτᾰ tằ ăkoúsmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́κουσμᾰ ắkousmă |
ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτε ăkoúsmăte |
ᾰ̓κούσμᾰτᾰ ăkoúsmătă | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἄκουσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press