ῥήτωρ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Agent noun formation from εἴρω (eírō, I speak), synchronically analyzable as ῥή- (rhḗ-) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr).[1]

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Noun

ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōrm (genitive ῥήτορος, diminutive ῥητορίσκος); third declension

  1. orator, public speaker
  2. politician, statesman
  3. attorney, court advocate
  4. judge
  5. rhetorician

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥήτωρ, -ορος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1284

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