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