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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós), through ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē).
Noun
rhētorica n pl (genitive rhētoricōrum); second declension
- rhetoric
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Noun
rhētorica f (genitive rhētoricae); first declension
- Alternative form of rhētoricē (“rhetoric”)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Adjective
rhētorica
- inflection of rhētoricus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural
Adjective
rhētoricā
- ablative feminine singular of rhētoricus
References
- “rhetorica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rhetorica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rhetorica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “rhetorica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “rhētoricus” on page 1,652/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)