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ōrātōrĭus , a, um, adj. orator.
I. Of or belonging to an orator, oratorical (class.), Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231: “ornamenta,” id. Brut. 75, 261: “vis dicendi,” id. Ac. 1, 8, 32: “ars, Quint. praef. § 17: gestus,” id. 11, 3, 125: “compositio,” id. 1, 8, 13: “virtus,” id. 3, 1, 10; 6, 3, 39: “ingenium,” Cic. Brut. 29, 110.—
B. Subst.: ōrātōrĭa , ae, f. (sc. ars), the oratorical art, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1; 2.—
II. Of or belonging to praying; hence, subst.: ōrātōrĭum , ii. n. (sc. templum), a place of prayer, an oratory (eccl. Lat.): “in oratorio nemo aliquid agat, nisi, etc.,” Aug. Ep. 109: “Judith ingressa est oratorium,” Vulg. Judith, 9, 1.—Hence, adv.: ōrā-tōrĭē , oratorically (class.): “pulchre, et oratorie dicere,” Cic. Or. 68, 227: “loqui,” Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69: Quint. 9, 1, 13; “opp. to tragice, comice,” Sen. Ep. 100, 10.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.54
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 14.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 14.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.13
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 100.10
    • Cicero, Brutus, 29.110
    • Cicero, Brutus, 75.261
    • Cicero, Orator, 68.227
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