ῥητορεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be a public speaker, practise oratory</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>8.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span>502d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1444a33</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ μετὰ γαστέρα -εύοντες</b> afterdinner [[speakers]], <span class="bibl">Ph.1.156</span>; ῥ. καὶ πολιτεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.3.175</span>; opp. [[πολιτεύεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Nausiph.2</span>:—Pass., of the speech, to [[be spoken]], τοὺς μὲν [λόγους] ῥητορεύεσθαι, τοὺς δὲ γεγράφθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.25</span>:—later in Act. c. acc., <b class="b3">τὴν ἐπεσταλμένην πρεσβείαν ἐρρητόρευε</b> [[was setting forth]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Laps.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[teach oratory]], <span class="bibl">Str.14.1.48</span>.</span>