rhetor
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin rhētor (“teacher of rhetoric, rhetorician”), from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rētōr).
Noun [edit]
rhetor (plural rhetors)
- (obsolete) A rhetorician.
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rētōr)
Noun [edit]
rhētor (genitive rhētōris); m, third declension
- teacher of rhetoric.
- (derogatory) orator, rhetorician.
Declension [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rhētor | rhētōrēs |
| genitive | rhētōris | rhētōrum |
| dative | rhētōrī | rhētōribus |
| accusative | rhētōrem | rhētōrēs |
| ablative | rhētōre | rhētōribus |
| vocative | rhētor | rhētōrēs |
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- rhetor in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). ISBN 0-00-470763-X. page 306.
