ῥήτωρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῥήτηρ (rhḗtēr) — Epic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥήτωρ • (rhḗtōr) m (genitive ῥήτορος, diminutive ῥητορίσκος); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῥήτωρ; τοῦ ῥήτορος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῥήτωρ
ho rhḗtōr 		τὼ ῥήτορε
tṑ rhḗtore 		οἱ ῥήτορες
hoi rhḗtores
Genitive τοῦ ῥήτορος
toû rhḗtoros 		τοῖν ῥητόροιν
toîn rhētóroin 		τῶν ῥητόρων
tôn rhētórōn
Dative τῷ ῥήτορῐ
tōî rhḗtorĭ 		τοῖν ῥητόροιν
toîn rhētóroin 		τοῖς ῥήτορσῐ / ῥήτορσῐν
toîs rhḗtorsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ῥήτορᾰ
tòn rhḗtoră 		τὼ ῥήτορε
tṑ rhḗtore 		τοὺς ῥήτορᾰς
toùs rhḗtorăs
Vocative ῥῆτορ
rhêtor 		ῥήτορε
rhḗtore 		ῥήτορες
rhḗtores
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ῥητορεία (rhētoreía, “oratory”)
  • ῥητορεύω (rhētoreúō, “I speak publicly”)
  • ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “oratorical, rhetoric”)

Descendants

  • Greek: ρήτορας (rítoras)
  • → Latin: rhētor
  • → Old Armenian: հռետոր (hṙetor)
  • → Polish: retor
  • → Russian: ритор (ritor)

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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