rhetor
Ἡμερὶ πανθέλκτειρα, μεθυτρόφε, μῆτερ ὀπώρας ... → All-soothing vine, nurse of the wine, vintage's mother ... (Anthologia Palatina 7.24.1)
Latin > English
rhetor rhetoris N M :: teacher of public speaking, rhetorician
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rhētor: ŏris, m., = ῥήτωρ,>
I a teacher of oratory or rhetoric, a rhetorician: eos, qui rhetores nominarentur et qui dicendi praecepta traderent, nihil plane tenere, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 1: in rhetorum scholis, id. 10, 5, 14; 12, 2, 23: rhetorum artes, Cic. Fin. 3, 1: rhetorum epilogus, id. Tusc. 1, 47, 112; 2, 3, 9: (pueri) priusquam tradantur rhetori, Quint. 1, 10, 1; Mart. 2, 64, 1; Tac. Dial. 30 and 35; Macr. S. 5, 2, 1.— *
II After the Greek manner, an orator; but with contempt, a rhetorician, speechifier, etc.: stultitia rhetoris Attica, Nep. Epam. 6, 3; cf. with § 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rhētŏr,¹¹ ŏris, m. (ῥήτωρ), orateur : Nep. Epam. 6, 3 || rhéteur : Cic. de Or. 1, 84, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
rhētor, oris, m. (ῥήτωρ), I) der Lehrer der Beredsamkeit, Cic., Quint. u.a.: griech. Genet. Sing. rhetoros, Prisc. 2, 43: griech. Akk. Sing. rhetora, Mart. 2, 64, 1. Iuven. 10, 132. Fronto de eloqu. ep. 3. p. 152 N. Mart. 2, 64, 1: Plur. rhetoras, Edict. cens. bei Suet. rhet. 1 u. bei Gell. 15, 11, 2. Sen. suas. 2, 12. Tac. dial. 30 u. 35. Mart. 5, 56, 3. Macr. sat. 5, 2, 1. – II) = orator, der Redner, Nep. Epam. 6, 3.
