rhetorica

See also: rhetórica

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós), through ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē).

Noun

rhētorica n pl (genitive rhētoricōrum); second declension

  1. rhetoric

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative rhētorica
Genitive rhētoricōrum
Dative rhētoricīs
Accusative rhētorica
Ablative rhētoricīs
Vocative rhētorica

Noun

rhētorica f (genitive rhētoricae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of rhētoricē (“rhetoric”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rhētorica rhētoricae
Genitive rhētoricae rhētoricārum
Dative rhētoricae rhētoricīs
Accusative rhētoricam rhētoricās
Ablative rhētoricā rhētoricīs
Vocative rhētorica rhētoricae

Adjective

rhētorica

  1. inflection of rhētoricus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

rhētoricā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rhētoricus

References
  • “rhetorica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rhetorica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rhetorica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “rhetorica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “rhētoricus” on page 1,652/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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