rhetor

[ ree-ter, ret-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

rhetor

/ ˈriːtə /

Origin of rhetor¹

1325–75; < Latin rhētor < Greek rhḗtōr; replacing Middle English rethor < Medieval Latin, Latin, as above

Origin of rhetor¹

C14: via Latin from Greek rhētōr ; related to rhēma word

He will be overthrown and humiliated before the Dikastery by a clever rhetor.

Aristides Rhetor (c. 160) also relates how in the winter, which began with Tobi, the Nile water was at its purest.

The introduction of the rhetor synchronizes with the transition from the private patron to the patron-as-government-official.

Juvenal had a full course of education, first under the litterator and the grammaticus, then under the rhetor.

It was not the oration of a rhetor—it was the confession of an ardent, pure patriot.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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