LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

rhētra

Meaning

  1. a saying

rhētra, ae, f., = ῥήτρα,
I. a saying, maxim, law: quas (leges) ex rhetris Lycurgi reparavit Sylla, Amm. 16, 5, 1.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesRhetraRhetra (ῥήτρα). This word is variously explained by both ancient and modern writers. Hesychius, s.v. defines it συνθῆκαι διὰ λόγων: cf. Photius, s. v.…

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What does rhētra mean in Latin?
rhētra, a noun, means “a saying”.