A.oratorical, ἡ ῥητορική (sc. τέχνη) rhetoric, Pl.Phdr.266d, Phld.Rh.1.187 S.; τὸ ῥ. Pl.Phdr.266c, Plt.304e; τὰ ῥ. D.L.4.49, etc.; ῥ. δειλίαν ὁ δημόσιος καιρὸς οὐκ ἀναμένει an orator's timidity, Aeschin.3.163; ῥ. γραφή an indictment against an orator (παρανόμων), Is.Fr.64 S. Adv. “-κῶς” Pl.Grg.471e, Aeschin. 1.71, Arist.Po.1450b8, Phld.Rh.2.134 S.: Comp., “-ώτερον λέγεσθαι” D.H.Is.8.
2. of persons, skilled in speaking, fit to be an orator, Isoc.3.8, Pl.Phdr.260c, 272d, al.; φύσει ῥ. ib.269d, etc.; σχολαστικὸς ῥ. OGI693 (Egypt).
b. student, Lib.Or.14.62.