English → Latin
“orator” in Latin
ōrōto orate, deliver a speech publicly; to plead, beg, pray, entreatclārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respecteddisertusskilled in speaking, eloquentvehemēnsvery eager; impetuous, ardent, furious; vehement; emphaticsuāvissweet, pleasant, delicious
The English word orator itself goes back to Latin ōrō, through ōrātor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
orator
orator: dicendi artifex (of a distinguished oration; rarely rhetor in this sense, which denotes rather a teacher of rhetoric, rhetorician). A great, celebrated orator, orator magnus, clarus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) magnus et clarus: orator sane illustris (Cic.): an eloquent orator, orator eloquens et ardens, disertus: a vehement orator, orator acer et incensus, vehemens: an agreeable orator, orator jucundus, suavis, dulcis: a poor or second-rale orator, orator mediocris, malus, vulgaris, infacundus, parum pressus: to be a good orator, aptum esse ad dicendum (Cic.): to be a perfect orator, plenum et perfectum esse oratorem: perfectum esse in dicendo: to be born an orator, a natura ad dicendum instructum esse (Cic., De Or., 3, 8, fin.): to be the first among the orators, primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere; principatum eloquentiae obtinere: to be a great orator, dicendo multum valere: to be no orator, dicendo nihil valere; non aptum esse ad dicendum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for orator?
- The usual Latin words for “orator” are ōrō, clārus, disertus; also vehemēns, suāvis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.