acroasis
δόξειε δ' ἂν τῆς κυριωτάτης καὶ μάλιστα ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς. τοιαύτη δ' ἡ πολιτικὴ φαίνεται → It would seem to belong to the most authoritative art and that which is most truly the master art. And politics appears to be of this nature.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ācrŏāsis: is, f., = ἀκρόασις (
I 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).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăcrŏāsis, is, f. (ἀκρόασις), audition ; savant auditoire : Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2 || conférence : Vitr. Arch. 10, 16, 3 ; Suet. Gramm. 2.
