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 • (ákousma) 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 ἄ̆κουσμᾰ tò ákousma |
τὼ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτε tṑ akoúsmate |
τᾰ̀ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτᾰ tà akoúsmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτος toû akoúsmatos |
τοῖν ἀ̆κουσμᾰ́τοιν toîn akousmátoin |
τῶν ἀ̆κουσμᾰ́των tôn akousmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτῐ tôi akoúsmati |
τοῖν ἀ̆κουσμᾰ́τοιν toîn akousmátoin |
τοῖς ἀ̆κούσμᾰσῐ / ἀ̆κούσμᾰσῐν toîs akoúsmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἄ̆κουσμᾰ tò ákousma |
τὼ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτε tṑ akoúsmate |
τᾰ̀ ἀ̆κούσμᾰτᾰ tà akoúsmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἄ̆κουσμᾰ ákousma |
ἀ̆κούσμᾰτε akoúsmate |
ἀ̆κούσμᾰτᾰ akoúsmata | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἄκουσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press