Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1263.ōrātor on page 1263
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ōrātor orator
ōrātor is a Latin Noun that primarily means orator.
Definitions for ōrātor
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
orator, speaker
English derivatives:
oratory oratorio
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
An envoy, ambassador, spokesman.
- 2
A public speaker, orator, advocate. (b) (in the titles of rhetorical works by Cicero).
Sentences with ōrātor
Latin to English
Ōrātor, tyrannum timēns, iūcunda semper dīcēbat.Compare The orator, because he feared the tyrant, always used to say pleasing things.
Hīs rēbus gravibus dictīs, ōrātor ā nōbīs laudātus est.Compare When these important things had been said, the orator was praised by us.
Ōrātor rogāvit cūr cēterī cīvēs haec cōnsilia nōn cognōvissent.Compare The orator asked why the other citizens had not learned these plans.
Ōrātor nōs hortātus est ut līberae patriae nostrae cum studiō servīrēmus.Compare The speaker urged us to serve our free country eagerly.
Duae sunt artēs igitur quae possunt locāre hominēs in amplissimō gradū dignitātis: ūna imperātoris, altera ōrātōris bonī. (Cicero, Pro Murena 30)Compare There are two professions that lead a man to the highest rank of office, that of general, and that of good orator.
Pellitur e medio sapienta, vi geritur res, spernitur orator bonus, horridus miles amatur; haud doctis dictis certantes, sed maledictis.Compare Wisdom is driven out from our midst, brute force rules the state, the honest orator is scorned, the rude soldier is worshiped. Instead of learned arguments, litigants resort to abuse.
Quot oratio genus sum dico, totidem orator reperio.Compare Just as many kinds of orators are found, as we have said that there are kinds of oratory.
Declension table for ōrātor
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ōrātor | ōrātōrēs |
| Gen. | ōrātōris | ōrātōrum |
| Dat. | ōrātōrī | ōrātōribus |
| Acc. | ōrātōrem | ōrātōrēs |
| Abl. | ōrātōre | ōrātōribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 150.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1263.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ōrātor, ōrātōris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/orator-oratoris.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 150.ōrātor, ōrātōris on page 150
