acroatic
English
Alternative forms
- acroatick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀκροατικός (akroatikós, “of or proper to hearing”), from ἀκροᾶσθαι (akroâsthai, “to hear”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ă'krō.ăʹtĭk, IPA(key): /ˌækɹəʊˈætɪk/,[1]
Adjective
acroatic (comparative more acroatic, superlative most acroatic)
- acroamatic[1]
- 2001: Rupert Woodfin, Judy Groves, and Richard Appignanesi, Introducing Aristotle, page 24
- The poet Thomas Gray said that reading Aristotle was like eating dried hay. This is something of an exaggeration, but his writing can be hard work. It is generally agreed that these “esoteric” (or “acroatic”) works are actually lecture notes, the working documents that he used on a daily basis for his teaching.
- 2001: Rupert Woodfin, Judy Groves, and Richard Appignanesi, Introducing Aristotle, page 24
Related terms
- acroatics
References
- “acroatic, a. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]