rhetoricus
γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural
Latin > English
rhetoricus rhetorica, rhetoricum ADJ :: of rhetoric, rhetorical
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rhētŏrĭcus: a, um, adj., = ῥητορικός,>
I of or belonging to a rhetorician, rhetorical.
I Adj.: nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133: ars, i. e. a treatise on rhetoric, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7: rhetorici doctores, i. e. teachers of rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86: syllogismus, Quint. 5, 10, 3; 9, 4, 57: libri, books on rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10. — Hence,
II Substt.
A rhētŏrĭca, ae, or rhētŏrĭcē, ēs, f. (the first form in Cic., the latter in Quint.), the art of oratory, rhetoric: dicam, si potero, rhetorice, sed hac rhetoricā philosophorum, non nostrā illa forensi, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: rhetorice est bene dicendi scientia, Quint. 5, 10, 54: et rhetorice, cui nomen vis eloquentiae dedit, id. 2, 1, 5: jus rhetorices, id. prooem. § 23: rhetoricen exercere, id. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 24: de rhetorice, id. 2, 15, 10. —
B rhētŏrĭci, ōrum, m.
1 Teachers of oratory, = rhetores, ipsi magistri, qui rhetorici vocantur, Cic. de Or. 1, 12, 52.—
2 Books on rhetoric: nisi rhetoricos suos (the erroneouslynamed books de Inventione) ipse adulescenti sibi elapsos diceret (Cicero), Quint. 3, 1, 20; so, in rhetoricis, id. 2, 15, 6; also in sing.: sicut ex Ciceronis rhetorico primo manifestum est, id. 3, 5, 14; 3, 6, 58.—
C Neutr. plur.: rhētŏrĭca, ōrum, rhetoric: rhetorica mihi vestra sunt nota, Cic. Fat. 2, 4.— Adv.: rhētŏrĭcē, in an oratorical or rhetorical manner, oratorically, rhetorically: rhetorice igitur nos mavis quam dialectice disputare? Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: ejus mortem rhetorice et tragice ornare, id. Brut. 11, 43: quam rhetorice! id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rhētŏrĭcus,¹⁶ a, um (ῥητορικός), qui concerne la rhétorique : rhetorico modo Cic. de Or. 1, 133, à la façon des rhéteurs ; artes rhetoricas exponere Cic. de Or. 3, 75, exposer les principes de la rhétorique ; rhetorici doctores Cic. de Or. 1, 86, les maîtres de rhétorique, les rhéteurs, cf. de Or. 1, 52 || rhetorici Quint. 2, 15, 6 ; 3, 1, 20, les livres de rhétorique de Cicéron ; ex Ciceronis rhetorico primo Quint. 3, 5, 14, d’après le premier livre de rhétorique de Cicéron (le de Inventione ) || rhetorica, n. pl., les préceptes de rhétorique : Cic. Fato 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
rhētoricus, a, um (ῥητορικός), I) zum Rhetor gehörig, des Rhetors, mos, Cic.: professio, Augustin.: ars, Rhetorik, Redekunst, Cic.; wofür auch subst. bl. rhētorica, ae, f. u. rhētoricē, ēs, f. (ῥητορική) Cic. u. Quint. – II) zur Redekunst-, zur Rhetorik gehörig, doctores, Lehrer der Redekunst Rhetoren, Cic.: so auch magistri rhetorici et grammatici Latini, Amm.: artifex rhet., Gell.: libri rhetorici, Lehrbücher der Redekunst, Cic.: auch subst. bl. rhētoricus, ī, m. (sc. liber), Quint. 3, 5, 14, u. Plur. rhētoricī, ōrum, m., Quint. 2, 15, 6 u. 3, 1, 20. – rhētorica, ōrum, n., Rhetorik, Cic. de fato 4: alii rhetorica tongent (verstehen), Enn. fr. var. 28.
