rhetor
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English rethor, from Old French retor and Latin rhētor, rētor, rēthor (“teacher of rhetoric, rhetorician”), from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rhetor (plural rhetors)
- (archaic) A rhetorician.
- early 16th c., William Dunbar, Remonstrance to the King:
- Schir, ye have mony servitouris, / And officiaris of dyvers curis, / Kirkmen, courtmen, and craftismen fyne, / Doctouris in jure and medicyne, / Divinouris, rethoris, and philosophouris, / Astrologis, artistis, and oratouris, / Men of armes and vailyeand knychtis, / And mony uther gudlie wichtis, / Musicianis, menstralis, and mirrie singaris, / Chevalouris, cawandaris, and flingaris, / Cunyouris, carvouris, and carpentaris, / Beildaris of barkis and ballingaris, / Masounis lyand upon the land, / And schipwrichtis hewand upone the strand, / Glasing wrichtis, goldsmythis, and lapidaris, / Pryntouris, payntouris, and potingaris, / And all of thair craft cunning, / And all at anis lawboring, / Quhilk pleisand ar and honorable, / And to your hienes profitable, / And richt convenient for to be, / With your hie regale majestie, / Deservand of your grace most ding, / Bayth thank, rewarde, and cherissing.
- 1643, Henry Hammond, Christ and Barabbas (a sermon)
- Your hearing , which is mostly the fairest part of you , what is it but as of a rhetor at a desk , to commend or dislike , the same which you have as well for the stage as the pulpit , a plaudit or an hiss
References edit
“rhetor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.tor/, [ˈreːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.tor/, [ˈrɛːt̪or]
Noun edit
rhētor m (genitive rhētoris); third declension
- teacher of rhetoric.
- (derogatory) orator, rhetorician.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rhētor | rhētorēs |
Genitive | rhētoris | rhētorum |
Dative | rhētorī | rhētoribus |
Accusative | rhētorem | rhētorēs |
Ablative | rhētore | rhētoribus |
Vocative | rhētor | rhētorēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “rhetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rhetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rhetor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a teacher of rhetoric: rhetor, dicendi magister
- fine, rhetorical phrases: flosculi, rhetorum pompa
- a teacher of rhetoric: rhetor, dicendi magister
- Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 306.