ῥήτωρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ορος, ὁ, also ἡ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>945</span> (cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>292</span>): (ἐρῶ):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[public speaker]], μύθων ῥήτορες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>124</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>597.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.129</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Top.</span>149b25</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.272S., Plu.2.131a, etc.; esp. at Athens, <b class="b3">οἱ ῥήτορες</b> the [[public speakers in the]] <b class="b3">ἐκκλησία</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>38</span>,<span class="bibl">680</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>60</span>, <span class="bibl">358</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th.8.1</span>, <span class="bibl">And.3.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.30.22</span>, etc.; sg. prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>12.45.21; <b class="b3">οἱ δέκα ῥ</b>. the Ten Attic Orators, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>29</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ῥ</b>. 'par excellence' = Demosthenes, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>4.1</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[one who gives sentence]], [[judge]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1090</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[advocate]], POxy.37.4 (i A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> later, [[teacher of eloquence]], [[rhetorician]], <span class="title">OGI</span>712 (Egypt), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Adj., ῥ. λόγος [[oratory]], IG2.1386.7.</span>

|etymtx=-ορος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[speaker]], [[annunciator]] (S., E.), esp. [[orator in public]], [[public speaker]] (Att.), [[master-speaker]], [[discourse artist]] (late).<br />Compounds: Some rare a. late compp., e.g. <b class="b3">φιλο-ρήτωρ</b> [[who loves orators]] (Phld.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ῥητορ-ίσκος</b> denigr. dimin. (pap. IIp), <b class="b3">-ικός</b> <b class="b2">oratorical, silver-tongued, rhetorical</b>, <b class="b3">-εύω</b>, rarely w. <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b> a.o., <b class="b2">to act as an orator, to practice the art of oratory</b> with <b class="b3">-εία</b> f. [[oratory]], [[artful discourse]] (Att.). <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (hell.). -- Beside it <b class="b3">ῥητήρ</b>, <b class="b3">-ῆρος</b> m. [[speaker]] (I 443, [[orator]] (AP 7, 579, metr. inscr.; metr. condit.?).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1162] <b class="b2">*u̯erh₁-</b> [[speak]]<br />Etymology: As profess. qualification <b class="b3">ῥήτωρ</b> was created by he Att. official language (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 9); the orig. function as nom. ag. to <b class="b3">εἴρω</b> [[speak]] can still be seen in E. Hec. 124 (anap.) <b class="b3">μύθων ῥήτορες</b>, which combines with Hom. <b class="b3">μύθων ῥητῆρα</b> (Ι 443; doubtful attempt to give a semant. differentiation in Benveniste Noms d'agent 52ff. with further uncertain conclusions). -- S. 2. <b class="b3">εἴρω</b>.