rhetoric
rhetoric
subs.
P. ῥητορική, ἡ, ῥητορεία, ἡ.
Practise rhetoric, v.: P. ῥητορεύειν.
subs.
P. ῥητορική, ἡ, ῥητορεία, ἡ.
Practise rhetoric, v.: P. ῥητορεύειν.
RHETORIC
rhetorica or rhetorice; oratoria sc. ars (Quint.): ars orandi or bene dicendi scientia: To write on rhetoric de oratoribus scribere.
rhetorica or rhetorice; oratoria sc. ars (Quint.): ars orandi or bene dicendi scientia: To write on rhetoric de oratoribus scribere.
rhetoric:
1. rhētŏrĭca, ae, f. (rhētŏrĭce, es, Quint.): philosophical, not forensic r., r. philosophorum non forensis, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.
2. rhētŏrĭca, orum, n. pl. (the stratagems of r.): your r. is well known to me, r. vestra mihi nota sunt, Cic. Fat. 2, 4.
3. expr. by various phr.: rhetorum praecepta, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 9: dicendi praecepta, id. Div. 2, 1, 4: v.ORATORY : orandi scientia, ars, Quint. 1, 10, 2; 1, prooem. § 4: bene dicendi scientia, id. 2, 14, 5: he remarks (2, 14, 1: q. v.), "rhetoricen in Latinum transferentes tum 'oratoriam' tum 'oratricem' nominaverunt." Phr.: teachers of r., rhetorici doctores, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86: v. RHETORICIAN : to compose a treatise on r., artem rhetoricam scribere, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7: a treatise on r., rhetoricus liber, id. de Or. 2, 3, 10: or abs., rhetoricus, Quint. 3, 5, 14: a school of r., rhetorica umbra, Juv. 7, 173.
1. rhētŏrĭca, ae, f. (rhētŏrĭce, es, Quint.): philosophical, not forensic r., r. philosophorum non forensis, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.
2. rhētŏrĭca, orum, n. pl. (the stratagems of r.): your r. is well known to me, r. vestra mihi nota sunt, Cic. Fat. 2, 4.
3. expr. by various phr.: rhetorum praecepta, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 9: dicendi praecepta, id. Div. 2, 1, 4: v.
rhetoric
Rhetoric
- taught by Pittheus: Paus. 2.31.3
- study of rhetoric revived by Gorgias: Paus. 6.17.8
- Attic school of: Paus. 6.17.9
- hollow rhetoric of flattery: Paus. 8.2.5