orator
English
Alternative forms
- oratour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) enPR: ôr'ə-tər
- (NYC) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ/
Noun
orator (plural orators)
- Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
- A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
- Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them?
Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator?
Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies,
Looke for orations when the foe is neere.
Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs.
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- (obsolete) Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.
- (obsolete) A petitioner, a supplicant.
Synonyms
- speaker
Derived terms
- oratory
- stump orator
Translations
someone who orates or delivers an oration
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skilled and eloquent public speaker
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Further reading
orator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch orateur, orator, from Latin orator.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔrat̪ɔr]
- Hyphenation: ora‧tor
Noun
orator (first-person possessive oratorku, second-person possessive oratormu, third-person possessive oratornya)
- orator.
Related terms
- orasi
- oratorium
Further reading
- “orator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From ōrāre.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈraː.tor/, [oːˈräːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈra.tor/, [oˈräːt̪or]
Noun
ōrātor m (genitive ōrātōris, feminine ōrātrīx); third declension
- An orator, speaker.
- A spokesman, spokesperson.
- An ambassador (one entrusted with an oral message))
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ōrātor | ōrātōrēs |
Genitive | ōrātōris | ōrātōrum |
Dative | ōrātōrī | ōrātōribus |
Accusative | ōrātōrem | ōrātōrēs |
Ablative | ōrātōre | ōrātōribus |
Vocative | ōrātor | ōrātōrēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: orador
- French: orateur
- Italian: oratore
- Piedmontese: orator
- Portuguese: orador
- Romanian: orator
- Russian: ора́тор (orátor)
- Spanish: orador
References
- “orator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “orator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- orator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
- to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
- to say only a few words: pauca dicere (pauca verba dicere only of the orator)
- to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
- “orator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “orator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin orator or French orateur.
Noun
orator m (plural oratori, feminine equivalent oratoare)
- orator, speaker
Declension
Declension of orator
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) orator | oratorul | (niște) oratori | oratorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) orator | oratorului | (unor) oratori | oratorilor |
vocative | oratorule | oratorilor |
Related terms
- urător
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒraːtor/
- Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tor
Noun
òrātor m (Cyrillic spelling о̀ра̄тор)
- orator
Declension
Declension of orator
singular | plural | |
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nominative | orator | oratori |
genitive | oratora | oratora |
dative | oratoru | oratorima |
accusative | oratora | oratore |
vocative | oratore | oratori |
locative | oratoru | oratorima |
instrumental | oratorom | oratorima |