"ῥήτωρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ῥήτωρ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /r̥ɛ̌ː.tɔːr/, /ˈri.tor/, /ˈri.tor/, /r̥ɛ̌ː.tɔːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈre̝.tor/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈri.tor/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈri.tor/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈri.tor/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Agent noun formation from εἴρω (eírō, “I speak”), synchronically analyzable as ῥή- (rhḗ-) + -τωρ (-tōr). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*werh₁-}}, {{suffix|grc||τωρ|alt1=ῥή-}} ῥή- (rhḗ-) + -τωρ (-tōr) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ῥήτορος|m|third|dim=ῥητορίσκος}} ῥήτωρ • (rhḗtōr) m (genitive ῥήτορος, diminutive ῥητορίσκος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ῥήτωρ|ῥήτορος}} Forms: rhḗtōr [romanization], ῥήτορος [genitive], ῥητορίσκος [diminutive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ῥήτωρ [nominative, singular], τὼ ῥήτορε [dual, nominative], οἱ ῥήτορες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ῥήτορος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ῥητόροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ῥητόρων [genitive, plural], τῷ ῥήτορῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ῥητόροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ῥήτορσῐ [dative, plural], ῥήτορσῐν [dative, plural], toîs rhḗtorsi [dative, plural], toîs rhḗtorsin [dative, plural], τὸν ῥήτορᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ῥήτορε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ῥήτορᾰς [accusative, plural], ῥῆτορ [singular, vocative], ῥήτορε [dual, vocative], ῥήτορες [plural, vocative]
  1. orator, public speaker
    Sense id: en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-M60eMGo3 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τωρ, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 80 4 8 3 4 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 44 13 22 10 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τωρ: 62 7 14 7 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 1 6 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 1 4 1 1
  2. politician, statesman
    Sense id: en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-DB7imn89
  3. attorney, court advocate
    Sense id: en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-GRvyhIwV
  4. judge
    Sense id: en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-EOhsZRTU
  5. rhetorician
    Sense id: en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-CydHWmB9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ῥήτηρ (rhḗtēr) [Epic] Derived forms: ῥητορεία (rhētoreía) (english: oratory), ῥητορεύω (rhētoreúō) (english: I speak publicly), ῥητορικός (rhētorikós) (english: oratorical, rhetoric)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "oratory",
      "roman": "rhētoreía",
      "word": "ῥητορεία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "I speak publicly",
      "roman": "rhētoreúō",
      "word": "ῥητορεύω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "oratorical, rhetoric",
      "roman": "rhētorikós",
      "word": "ῥητορικός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ρήτορας"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ρήτορας (rítoras)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ρήτορας (rítoras)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "rhētor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: rhētor\n→ English: rhetor\n→ French: rhéteur\nItalian: retore\nSicilian: rituri\n→ Spanish: rétor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: rhētor\n→ English: rhetor\n→ French: rhéteur\nItalian: retore\nSicilian: rituri\n→ Spanish: rétor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "retor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: retor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: retor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ритор",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ритор (ritor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ритор (ritor)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*werh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "",
        "3": "τωρ",
        "alt1": "ῥή-"
      },
      "expansion": "ῥή- (rhḗ-) + -τωρ (-tōr)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Agent noun formation from εἴρω (eírō, “I speak”), synchronically analyzable as ῥή- (rhḗ-) + -τωρ (-tōr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhḗtōr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥήτορος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥητορίσκος",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ῥήτωρ",
      "roman": "ho rhḗtōr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῥήτορε",
      "roman": "tṑ rhḗtore",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ῥήτορες",
      "roman": "hoi rhḗtores",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ῥήτορος",
      "roman": "toû rhḗtoros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῥητόροιν",
      "roman": "toîn rhētóroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ῥητόρων",
      "roman": "tôn rhētórōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ῥήτορῐ",
      "roman": "tôi rhḗtori",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῥητόροιν",
      "roman": "toîn rhētóroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ῥήτορσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥήτορσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs rhḗtorsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs rhḗtorsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ῥήτορᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn rhḗtora",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῥήτορε",
      "roman": "tṑ rhḗtore",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ῥήτορᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs rhḗtoras",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥῆτορ",
      "roman": "rhêtor",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥήτορε",
      "roman": "rhḗtore",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥήτορες",
      "roman": "rhḗtores",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥήτορος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "dim": "ῥητορίσκος"
      },
      "expansion": "ῥήτωρ • (rhḗtōr) m (genitive ῥήτορος, diminutive ῥητορίσκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥήτωρ",
        "2": "ῥήτορος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 4 8 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 13 22 10 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 7 14 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τωρ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 1 6 1 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 1 4 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "orator, public speaker"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-M60eMGo3",
      "links": [
        [
          "orator",
          "orator"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "speaker",
          "speaker"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "politician, statesman"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-DB7imn89",
      "links": [
        [
          "politician",
          "politician"
        ],
        [
          "statesman",
          "statesman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "attorney, court advocate"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-GRvyhIwV",
      "links": [
        [
          "attorney",
          "attorney"
        ],
        [
          "advocate",
          "advocate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "judge"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-EOhsZRTU",
      "links": [
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rhetorician"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥήτωρ-grc-noun-CydHWmB9",
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetorician",
          "rhetorician"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛ̌ː.tɔːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛ̌ː.tɔːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈre̝.tor/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rhḗtēr",
      "tags": [
        "Epic"
      ],
      "word": "ῥήτηρ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ῥήτωρ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werh₁-",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τωρ",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "oratory",
      "roman": "rhētoreía",
      "word": "ῥητορεία"
    },
    {
      "english": "I speak publicly",
      "roman": "rhētoreúō",
      "word": "ῥητορεύω"
    },
    {
      "english": "oratorical, rhetoric",
      "roman": "rhētorikós",
      "word": "ῥητορικός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ρήτορας"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ρήτορας (rítoras)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ρήτορας (rítoras)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "rhētor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: rhētor\n→ English: rhetor\n→ French: rhéteur\nItalian: retore\nSicilian: rituri\n→ Spanish: rétor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: rhētor\n→ English: rhetor\n→ French: rhéteur\nItalian: retore\nSicilian: rituri\n→ Spanish: rétor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "retor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: retor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: retor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ритор",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ритор (ritor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ритор (ritor)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*werh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "",
        "3": "τωρ",
        "alt1": "ῥή-"
      },
      "expansion": "ῥή- (rhḗ-) + -τωρ (-tōr)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Agent noun formation from εἴρω (eírō, “I speak”), synchronically analyzable as ῥή- (rhḗ-) + -τωρ (-tōr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhḗtōr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥήτορος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥητορίσκος",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ῥήτωρ",
      "roman": "ho rhḗtōr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῥήτορε",
      "roman": "tṑ rhḗtore",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ῥήτορες",
      "roman": "hoi rhḗtores",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ῥήτορος",
      "roman": "toû rhḗtoros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῥητόροιν",
      "roman": "toîn rhētóroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ῥητόρων",
      "roman": "tôn rhētórōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ῥήτορῐ",
      "roman": "tôi rhḗtori",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῥητόροιν",
      "roman": "toîn rhētóroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ῥήτορσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥήτορσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs rhḗtorsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs rhḗtorsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ῥήτορᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn rhḗtora",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῥήτορε",
      "roman": "tṑ rhḗtore",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ῥήτορᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs rhḗtoras",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥῆτορ",
      "roman": "rhêtor",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥήτορε",
      "roman": "rhḗtore",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥήτορες",
      "roman": "rhḗtores",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥήτορος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "dim": "ῥητορίσκος"
      },
      "expansion": "ῥήτωρ • (rhḗtōr) m (genitive ῥήτορος, diminutive ῥητορίσκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥήτωρ",
        "2": "ῥήτορος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "orator, public speaker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orator",
          "orator"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "speaker",
          "speaker"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "politician, statesman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politician",
          "politician"
        ],
        [
          "statesman",
          "statesman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "attorney, court advocate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attorney",
          "attorney"
        ],
        [
          "advocate",
          "advocate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "judge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rhetorician"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetorician",
          "rhetorician"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛ̌ː.tɔːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛ̌ː.tɔːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈre̝.tor/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈri.tor/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "rhḗtēr",
      "tags": [
        "Epic"
      ],
      "word": "ῥήτηρ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ῥήτωρ"
}

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