rhetorica

See also: rhetórica

Latin

Alternative forms

• rhēt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

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

rhētorica

1. inflection of rhētoricus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

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)