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“oratorical” in Latin
ōrātōriusoratoricalrhētoricusrhetorical, of or pertaining to rhetoric or a rhetoriticianexīlissmall, thin, slender; lank, meagre, feeble, inadequate; of the sound l, palatalizedieiūnusfasting, abstinent, hungry; dry, barren, unproductive; scanty, meagertenuisthin, slender, slim, lank; especially; fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse; weak, feeble, tenuousstrigōsuslean, meagrelūmenlight, source of light; the eyes; daylight
The English word oratorical itself goes back to Latin ōrō, through ōrātōrius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
oratorical
oratorius, rhetoricus (Cic.); oratori similis (Quint.). Oratorical ornament, ornatus oratorius: that is deficient in oratorical ornament, exilis: jejunus; tenuis; strigosus: oratorical ornaments, lumina: oratorical qualities, oratoriae virtutes: to speak with abundance of oratorical ornaments, dicere argutius (Cic., Brut., 11, 42): without any oratorical ornaments, attenuate dicere (ib., 55, 201).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for oratorical?
- The usual Latin words for “oratorical” are ōrātōrius, rhētoricus, exīlis; also ieiūnus, tenuis, strigōsus. 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.