different between acroamatic vs acroatic

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From Ancient Greek ???????????? (akroamatikós, “for hearing only”), from ????????? (akroáomai, “to listen”).

acroamatic (comparative more acroamatic, superlative most acroamatic)

(rare) Of or related to esoteric knowledge transmitted orally, particularly (historical) applied to the teachings of Aristotle intended only for his disciples as opposed to the exoteric doctrines declaimed in public.
Of or related to lectures.
- 2015, Nils F. Schott, "A Mother to All" in Love and Forgiveness for a More Just World, p. 108, n. 45:
  [Questions] employment here does not mark a shift from the acroamatic (lecture-based) to the erotematic (interrogatory) method, for the answers are not known.

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (akroatikós, “of or proper to hearing”), from ????????? (akroâsthai, “to hear”).

acroatic (comparative more acroatic, superlative most acroatic)

acroamatic
- 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.

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