English

Noun

rhetor ‎(plural rhetors)

1. (obsolete) A rhetorician.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ ‎(rhḗtōr)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.tor/, [ˈreː.tɔr]

Noun

rhētor m ‎(genitive rhētoris); third declension

1. teacher of rhetoric.
2. (derogatory) orator, rhetorician.

Declension

Third declension.

Related terms

• rhētorica
• rhētoricē
• rhētoricor
• rhētoricus
• rhētorissō

Descendants

• French: rhéteur
• Spanish: rétor

References

• rhetor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rhetor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rhetor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a teacher of rhetoric: rhetor, dicendi magister
    
  • fine, rhetorical phrases: flosculi, rhetorum pompa
    
• Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). ISBN 0-00-470763-X. page 306.