ῥήτωρ: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=-ορος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[speaker]], [[annunciator]] (S., E.), esp. <b class="b2">orator in public, public speaker</b> (Att.), <b class="b2">master-speaker, discourse artist</b> (late).<br />Compounds: Some rare a. late compp., e.g. <b class="b3">φιλο-ρήτωρ</b> <b class="b2">who loves orators</b> (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. <b class="b2">oratory, artful discourse</b> (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>.