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ῥήτωρ, ῥήτωρ, ῥήτορος, ὁ, public speaker

ῥήτωρ, ορος, ὁ, also ἡ Ar. Fr. 945 (cf. Th. 292): (ἐρῶ):—
  • public speaker, μύθων ῥήτορες E. Hec. 124 (anap.), cf. Fr. 597.4, Isoc. 8.129, Arist. Top. 149b25, Phld. Rh. 2.272S., Plu. Sanit. 2.131a, etc.; esp. at Athens, οἱ ῥήτορες the public speakers in the ἐκκλησία, Ar. Ach. 38, 680, Eq. 60, 358, al., Th. 8.1, And. 3.1, Lys. 30.22, etc.; sg. prob. in IG 1(2).45.21; οἱ δέκα ῥ. the Ten Attic Orators, Luc. Am. 29; ὁ ῥ. ‘par excellence’ = Demosthenes, Hermog. Inv. 4.1, al.
      • 2 one who gives sentence, judge, S. Fr. 1090.
      • 3 advocate, POxy. 37.4 (i A.D.), etc.
      • 4 later, teacher of eloquence, rhetorician, OGI 712 (Egypt), etc.
    • II as Adj., ῥ. λόγος oratory, IG 2.1386.7.

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