rhetorica

See also: rhetórica

Latin

Alternative forms

• rhēt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós), through ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē).

Noun

rhētorica n pl (genitive rhētoricōrum); second declension

1. rhetoric

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	rhētorica
Genitive	rhētoricōrum
Dative	rhētoricīs
Accusative	rhētorica
Ablative	rhētoricīs
Vocative	rhētorica

Noun

rhētorica f (genitive rhētoricae); first declension

1. Alternative form of rhētoricē (“rhetoric”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rhētorica	rhētoricae
Genitive	rhētoricae	rhētoricārum
Dative	rhētoricae	rhētoricīs
Accusative	rhētoricam	rhētoricās
Ablative	rhētoricā	rhētoricīs
Vocative	rhētorica	rhētoricae

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) rhētorica

1. nominative feminine singular of rhētoricus
2. nominative neuter plural of rhētoricus
3. accusative neuter plural of rhētoricus
4. vocative feminine singular of rhētoricus
5. nominative neuter plural of rhētoricus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) rhētoricā

1. ablative feminine singular of rhētoricus

References

• “rhetorica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rhetorica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rhetorica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “rhetorica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “rhētoricus” on page 1,652/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)