LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

rhētor

rhētor m (genitive rhētoris)
Classical[ˈrʰeː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.tor]

Meaning

  1. teacher of rhetoric.
  2. derogatoryorator, rhetorician.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerhētorrhētorēs
genitiverhētorisrhētorum
dativerhētorīrhētoribus
accusativerhētoremrhētorēs
ablativerhētorerhētoribus
vocativerhētorrhētorēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

rhetor, dicendi magister
a teacher of rhetoric.
flosculi, rhetorum pompa
fine, rhetorical phrases.

rhētor, ŏris, m., = ῥήτωρ,
I. a teacher of oratory or rhetoric, a rhetorician: eos, qui rhetores nominarentur et qui dicendi praecepta traderent, nihil plane tenere, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 1: in rhetorum scholis, id. 10, 5, 14; 12, 2, 23: rhetorum artes, Cic. Fin. 3, 1: rhetorum epilogus, id. Tusc. 1, 47, 112; 2, 3, 9: (pueri) priusquam tradantur rhetori, Quint. 1, 10, 1; Mart. 2, 64, 1; Tac. Dial. 30 and 35; Macr. S. 5, 2, 1.— *
II. After the Greek manner, an orator; but with contempt, a rhetorician, speechifier, etc.: stultitia rhetoris Attica, Nep. Epam. 6, 3; cf. with § 1.

Origins

From Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Descendants
  • Englishrhetor
  • Frenchrhéteur
  • Italianretore
  • Spanishrétor
  • Sicilianrituri

Quick answers

What does rhētor mean in Latin?
rhētor, a noun, means “teacher of rhetoric.; orator, rhetorician.”.
What is the genitive of rhētor?
The genitive singular is rhētoris. rhētor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce rhētor?
In classical Latin, [ˈrʰeː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.tor].