acroama
acroama, an entertainment for the ear;
- that which is heard with pleasure, a gratification to the ear; as music or reading; esp. used for entertainment at meals, with music or reading, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13; Suet. Vesp. 19; Petron. Fragm. Tragun. p. 297.—Hence, meton. (like the plur. in Greek), the entertainer at table, by music (a performer) or by reading (a reader); also a buffoon: cum ex Themistocle quaererctur, quod acroama aut cujus vocem lubentissime audiret, Cic. Arch. 9: nemo in convivio ejus (Attici) aliud acroama audivit, quam anagnosten, id. Att. 14, 1: non solum spectator, sed actor et acroama, Cic. Sest. 54: festivum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 22. Cf. Smith's Antiq., and Becker's Gall. 3, p. 203 (2d ed.).
regem et convivas musico acromate aliquantisper delinivit
omnibus in Roma sanctis sonet istud ăcrōma
- 1. (muzikaal) optreden, uitvoering;
- 2. (meton.) de persoon die optreedt: voorlezer, zanger, muzikant.
Inter cœnandum aut aliquod Acroama, aut lectorem audiebat.Vide Acroamata.
- , ἀκρόαμα, an entertainment for the ear; meton., a reader, musician, storyteller, buffoon: actor et acroama: acroama audire.
ACROA´MA(ἀκρόαμα), anything heard, and especially anything heard with pleasure, signified properly a musical piece, e.g. vetera acroamata (Suet. Vesp. 19); but also a play, a dance (Plin. Ep. 6.31, 13), or a recitation, such as were common at meals. The word is also applied to the actors and musicians who were employed to amuse guests during an entertainment (Cic. Ver. 4.2. 2, 49; pro Arch. 9, 20; Suet. Octav. 74; Macrob. Sat. 2.4), or even an actor on the stage (Cic. pro Sest. 54, 116: ille maximus ludius, non solum spectator, sed actor et acroama (an artiste), qui omnia sororis embolia novit). See Friedländer, Sittengesch. Roms, i.3 p. 334; Marquardt, Röm. Alterth. 7. p. 327; and it is sometimes used to designate the anagnostes (Nep. Att. 14). [ANAGNOSTAE]
[W.S] [A.S.W](ἀκρόαμα). Properly a musical piece, but also a play, dance, or a recitation, such as were common at meals (Suet. Vesp. 19; Pliny Ep. vi. 31, 13). The word also denotes the musicians or actors employed to amuse the guests during an entertainment; and is rarely used of an actor on the stage. See Marquardt, Röm. Altert. vii. p. 327; and the article Anagnostae.