ῥήτωρ

ῥήτωρ: ῥήτωρ, -ορος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `speaker, annunciator' (S., E.), esp. `orator in public, public speaker' (Att.), `master-speaker, discourse artist' (late).

Compounds: Some rare a. late compp., e.g. φιλο-ρήτωρ `who loves orators' (Phld.).

Derivatives: ῥητορ-ίσκος denigr. dimin. (pap. II^p), -ικός `oratorical, silver-tongued, rhetorical', -εύω, rarely w. κατα-, ἐπι- a.o., `to act as an orator, to practice the art of oratory' with -εία f. `oratory, artful discourse' (Att.). -ίζω `id.' (hell.). -- Beside it ῥητήρ, -ῆρος m. `speaker' (I 443, `orator' (AP 7, 579, metr. inscr.; metr. condit.?).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1162] *u̯erh₁- `speak'

Etymology: As profess. qualification ῥήτωρ was created by he Att. official language (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 9); the orig. function as nom. ag. to εἴρω `speak' can still be seen in E. Hec. 124 (anap.) μύθων ῥήτορες, which combines with Hom. μύθων ῥητῆρα (Ι 443; doubtful attempt to give a semant. differentiation in Benveniste Noms d'agent 52ff. with further uncertain conclusions). -- S. 2. εἴρω.

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ῥήτωρ — public speaker masc nom sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ρήτωρ — ὁ, Α βλ. ρήτορας … Dictionary of Greek
ῥητόρων — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc gen pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ῥῆτορ — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc voc sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ῥήτορα — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc acc sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ῥήτορας — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc acc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ῥήτορε — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc nom/voc/acc dual … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ῥήτορες — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc nom/voc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ῥήτορι — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc dat sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ῥήτορος — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc gen sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ῥήτορσι — ῥήτωρ public speaker masc dat pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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