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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ācrŏāsis</b>: is, f., = [[ἀκρόασις]] (<br /><b>I</b> 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).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ăcrŏāsis</b>, is, f. ([[ἀκρόασις]]), audition ; savant auditoire : Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2 &#124;&#124; conférence : Vitr. Arch. 10, 16, 3 ; Suet. Gramm. 2.||conférence : Vitr. Arch. 10, 16, 3 ; Suet. Gramm. 2.
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