the oratorical art

ōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (orassis for oraveris, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 63), v. a. and n. [1. os, to speak]:

oro ab ore,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 76 Müll.

In gen. (so obsol.):

orare antiquos dixisse pro agere testimonio est, quod oratores dicti et causarum actores et qui rei publicae mandatas causas agebant,

Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

bonum aequumque oras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 151:

talibus orabat Juno,

Verg. A. 10, 96.—

In partic.

To treat, argue, plead (as an ambassador, advocate, etc.; class., but very rare; cf.

ago): REM VBI PAGVNT ORATO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: matronis ipsis, quae raptae erant, orantibus,

i. e. at their mediation, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

causam capitis,

to argue, plead, id. Brut. 12, 47:

orandae litis tempus accommodare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 43:

si causa oranda esset,

Liv. 39, 40, 6:

causas melius,

Verg. A. 6, 849:

cum eo de salute suā agit, orat atque obsecrat,

treats, speaks, Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

causam dixit et ipse pro se oravit,

plead his own cause, Liv. 39, 40, 12.—

Of oratorical speaking, eloquence (freq. in Quint.): ars orandi, the oratorical art, art of oratory, Quint. prooem. § 4; id. 2, 15, 20; 9, 4, 3:

orandi scientia,

id. 1, 10, 2:

orandi studium,

id. 9, 4, 110; 8, 6, 20.—

To pray, beg, beseech, entreat one (the predom. signif. in all periods and styles; syn.: rogo, obsecro, obtestor, supplico, precor); constr. usually with acc. of the pers. and of the thing, and with ut, ne (the less freq. constructions, v. infra).

With acc. of the pers. and of the thing:

illud te ad extremum et oro et hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

multa deos orans,

Verg. A. 9, 24:

aliquem libertatem,

Suet. Vesp. 16.—

With acc. of the pers. only: virginem orare, Liv. Andron. ap. Diom. p. 379 P: cum desubito me orat mulier, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Cax. v. 9 Vahl.); cf.:

socer Non orandus erat, sed vi faciendus Erechtheus,

not to be entreated, but compelled, Ov. M. 6, 701:

Lydia, dic, per omnes Te deos oro, Sy barin cur properes amando perdere,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—

With acc. of the thing for which one asks:

gnato uxorem,

to request a wife for one's son, Ter. And. 3, 2, 48:

legati Romam missi, auxilium ad bellum orantes,

to ask assistance, Liv. 21, 6:

opem rebus affectis orantes,

id. 6, 9:

auxilia,

Tac. A. 2, 46.—

With ut: rogat oratque te Chrysogone, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

te, C. Flave, oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 42, 104:

te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 1, 2:

hoc me a vobis orare Juppiter jussit, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. prol. 64.—

With subj.:

orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101:

et vocet oro,

Verg. A. 11, 442:

idque sinas, oro,

Ov. P. 4, 1, 19.—

With ne:

rogat eos atque orat, ne, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

quod te, Aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 3.—

With the imper.:

absiste inceptis, oro,

Sil. 11, 336.— With imper. and acc. of person, Verg. A. 2, 143; 4, 319; 10, 61 and 905.—

With inf. or an object-clause:

jampridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat,

Verg. E. 2, 43; id. A. 6, 313; 9, 231; Tac. A. 6, 2; 12, 9:

vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

Suet. Ner. 47.—

With ab and abl. of a person, followed by ut or ne:

primum hoc abs te oro, ni me inexorabilem faxis,

Pac. Tr. 122:

oravitque a suis, ut, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 7:

oratus ab Artorio, ne in castris remaneret,

Vell. 2, 70, 1.—

With cum aliquo: quod tecum pater orat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Ann. v. 20 Vahl.):

si is mecum oraret,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 15:

tecum oro et quaeso, ut,

id. Curc. 3, 1, 62:

egi, atque oravi tecum, uxorem ut duceres,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 64; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22; cited above, II. A.—

With pro and the abl.:

nec pro civibus se orare, sed pro, etc.,

Just. 11, 4, 4:

ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cujusquam civis,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

ut pro illā ores, ut sit propitius (deus),

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 38.—

Oro te, I pray thee, prithee, parenthetically, a formula of politeness (cf. quaeso):

dic. oro te, clarius,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 1; Liv. 5, 5, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 16, 3.—

To pray, to supplicate God (eccl. Lat.); act.:

oravit Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 13, 8:

orationem quam orat,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 29; id. 2 Par. 6, 21:

filios, id. Job, 19, 17: Deum,

id. Ecclus. 50, 24:

orationes longas,

id. Matt. 23, 14.—More often neutr.:

pro te,

Vulg. Gen. 20, 7:

ut audias,

id. ib. 43, 20:

in loco isto,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 30:

contra viam civitatis,

id. ib. 8, 44:

ad Dominum,

id. 4 Reg. 4, 33:

cum lacrimis,

id. Tob. 3, 1:

unus orans et unus maledicens,

id. Ecclus. 34, 29:

spiritu et mente,

id. 1 Cor. 14, 15:

mulierem decalvatam orare non decet,

Ambros. in Luc. 6, § 19:

orandi gratia,

Lact. 4, 15, 20.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: ōrans, antis, m., an orator:

orantes,

Tac. Dial. 6, 6.

ōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (orassis for oraveris, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 63), v. a. and n. [1. os, to speak]:

oro ab ore,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 76 Müll.

In gen. (so obsol.):

orare antiquos dixisse pro agere testimonio est, quod oratores dicti et causarum actores et qui rei publicae mandatas causas agebant,

Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

bonum aequumque oras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 151:

talibus orabat Juno,

Verg. A. 10, 96.—

In partic.

To treat, argue, plead (as an ambassador, advocate, etc.; class., but very rare; cf.

ago): REM VBI PAGVNT ORATO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: matronis ipsis, quae raptae erant, orantibus,

i. e. at their mediation, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

causam capitis,

to argue, plead, id. Brut. 12, 47:

orandae litis tempus accommodare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 43:

si causa oranda esset,

Liv. 39, 40, 6:

causas melius,

Verg. A. 6, 849:

cum eo de salute suā agit, orat atque obsecrat,

treats, speaks, Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

causam dixit et ipse pro se oravit,

plead his own cause, Liv. 39, 40, 12.—

Of oratorical speaking, eloquence (freq. in Quint.): ars orandi, the oratorical art, art of oratory, Quint. prooem. § 4; id. 2, 15, 20; 9, 4, 3:

orandi scientia,

id. 1, 10, 2:

orandi studium,

id. 9, 4, 110; 8, 6, 20.—

To pray, beg, beseech, entreat one (the predom. signif. in all periods and styles; syn.: rogo, obsecro, obtestor, supplico, precor); constr. usually with acc. of the pers. and of the thing, and with ut, ne (the less freq. constructions, v. infra).

With acc. of the pers. and of the thing:

illud te ad extremum et oro et hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

multa deos orans,

Verg. A. 9, 24:

aliquem libertatem,

Suet. Vesp. 16.—

With acc. of the pers. only: virginem orare, Liv. Andron. ap. Diom. p. 379 P: cum desubito me orat mulier, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Cax. v. 9 Vahl.); cf.:

socer Non orandus erat, sed vi faciendus Erechtheus,

not to be entreated, but compelled, Ov. M. 6, 701:

Lydia, dic, per omnes Te deos oro, Sy barin cur properes amando perdere,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—

With acc. of the thing for which one asks:

gnato uxorem,

to request a wife for one's son, Ter. And. 3, 2, 48:

legati Romam missi, auxilium ad bellum orantes,

to ask assistance, Liv. 21, 6:

opem rebus affectis orantes,

id. 6, 9:

auxilia,

Tac. A. 2, 46.—

With ut: rogat oratque te Chrysogone, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

te, C. Flave, oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 42, 104:

te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 1, 2:

hoc me a vobis orare Juppiter jussit, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. prol. 64.—

With subj.:

orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101:

et vocet oro,

Verg. A. 11, 442:

idque sinas, oro,

Ov. P. 4, 1, 19.—

With ne:

rogat eos atque orat, ne, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

quod te, Aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 3.—

With the imper.:

absiste inceptis, oro,

Sil. 11, 336.— With imper. and acc. of person, Verg. A. 2, 143; 4, 319; 10, 61 and 905.—

With inf. or an object-clause:

jampridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat,

Verg. E. 2, 43; id. A. 6, 313; 9, 231; Tac. A. 6, 2; 12, 9:

vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

Suet. Ner. 47.—

With ab and abl. of a person, followed by ut or ne:

primum hoc abs te oro, ni me inexorabilem faxis,

Pac. Tr. 122:

oravitque a suis, ut, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 7:

oratus ab Artorio, ne in castris remaneret,

Vell. 2, 70, 1.—

With cum aliquo: quod tecum pater orat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Ann. v. 20 Vahl.):

si is mecum oraret,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 15:

tecum oro et quaeso, ut,

id. Curc. 3, 1, 62:

egi, atque oravi tecum, uxorem ut duceres,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 64; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22; cited above, II. A.—

With pro and the abl.:

nec pro civibus se orare, sed pro, etc.,

Just. 11, 4, 4:

ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cujusquam civis,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

ut pro illā ores, ut sit propitius (deus),

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 38.—

Oro te, I pray thee, prithee, parenthetically, a formula of politeness (cf. quaeso):

dic. oro te, clarius,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 1; Liv. 5, 5, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 16, 3.—

To pray, to supplicate God (eccl. Lat.); act.:

oravit Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 13, 8:

orationem quam orat,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 29; id. 2 Par. 6, 21:

filios, id. Job, 19, 17: Deum,

id. Ecclus. 50, 24:

orationes longas,

id. Matt. 23, 14.—More often neutr.:

pro te,

Vulg. Gen. 20, 7:

ut audias,

id. ib. 43, 20:

in loco isto,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 30:

contra viam civitatis,

id. ib. 8, 44:

ad Dominum,

id. 4 Reg. 4, 33:

cum lacrimis,

id. Tob. 3, 1:

unus orans et unus maledicens,

id. Ecclus. 34, 29:

spiritu et mente,

id. 1 Cor. 14, 15:

mulierem decalvatam orare non decet,

Ambros. in Luc. 6, § 19:

orandi gratia,

Lact. 4, 15, 20.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: ōrans, antis, m., an orator:

orantes,

Tac. Dial. 6, 6.

ōrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [orator].

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.—

Subst.: ōrātōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), the oratorical art, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1; 2.—

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.

ōrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [orator].

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.—

Subst.: ōrātōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), the oratorical art, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1; 2.—

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.

ōrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [orator].

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.—

Subst.: ōrātōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), the oratorical art, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1; 2.—

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.

rhētŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = rhêtorikos, of or belonging to a rhetorician, rhetorical.

Adj.:

nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133:

ars,

i. e. a treatise on rhetoric, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7:

rhetorici doctores,

i. e. teachers of rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86:

syllogismus,

Quint. 5, 10, 3; 9, 4, 57:

libri,

books on rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10. — Hence,

rhētŏrĭca, ae, or rhētŏrĭcē, ēs, f. (the first form in Cic., the latter in Quint.), the art of oratory, rhetoric:

dicam, si potero, rhetorice, sed hac rhetoricā philosophorum, non nostrā illa forensi,

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

rhetorice est bene dicendi scientia,

Quint. 5, 10, 54:

et rhetorice, cui nomen vis eloquentiae dedit,

id. 2, 1, 5:

jus rhetorices, id. prooem. § 23: rhetoricen exercere,

id. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 24:

de rhetorice,

id. 2, 15, 10. —

rhētŏrĭci, ōrum, m.

Teachers of oratory, = rhetores, ipsi magistri, qui rhetorici vocantur, Cic. de Or. 1, 12, 52.—

Books on rhetoric:

nisi rhetoricos suos (the erroneouslynamed books de Inventione) ipse adulescenti sibi elapsos diceret (Cicero),

Quint. 3, 1, 20; so,

in rhetoricis,

id. 2, 15, 6; also in sing.:

sicut ex Ciceronis rhetorico primo manifestum est,

id. 3, 5, 14; 3, 6, 58.—

Neutr. plur.: rhētŏrĭca, ōrum, rhetoric:

rhetorica mihi vestra sunt nota,

Cic. Fat. 2, 4.— Adv.: rhētŏrĭcē, in an oratorical or rhetorical manner, oratorically, rhetorically:

rhetorice igitur nos mavis quam dialectice disputare?

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

ejus mortem rhetorice et tragice ornare,

id. Brut. 11, 43:

quam rhetorice!

id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.

rhētŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = rhêtorikos, of or belonging to a rhetorician, rhetorical.

Adj.:

nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133:

ars,

i. e. a treatise on rhetoric, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7:

rhetorici doctores,

i. e. teachers of rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86:

syllogismus,

Quint. 5, 10, 3; 9, 4, 57:

libri,

books on rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10. — Hence,

rhētŏrĭca, ae, or rhētŏrĭcē, ēs, f. (the first form in Cic., the latter in Quint.), the art of oratory, rhetoric:

dicam, si potero, rhetorice, sed hac rhetoricā philosophorum, non nostrā illa forensi,

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

rhetorice est bene dicendi scientia,

Quint. 5, 10, 54:

et rhetorice, cui nomen vis eloquentiae dedit,

id. 2, 1, 5:

jus rhetorices, id. prooem. § 23: rhetoricen exercere,

id. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 24:

de rhetorice,

id. 2, 15, 10. —

rhētŏrĭci, ōrum, m.

Teachers of oratory, = rhetores, ipsi magistri, qui rhetorici vocantur, Cic. de Or. 1, 12, 52.—

Books on rhetoric:

nisi rhetoricos suos (the erroneouslynamed books de Inventione) ipse adulescenti sibi elapsos diceret (Cicero),

Quint. 3, 1, 20; so,

in rhetoricis,

id. 2, 15, 6; also in sing.:

sicut ex Ciceronis rhetorico primo manifestum est,

id. 3, 5, 14; 3, 6, 58.—

Neutr. plur.: rhētŏrĭca, ōrum, rhetoric:

rhetorica mihi vestra sunt nota,

Cic. Fat. 2, 4.— Adv.: rhētŏrĭcē, in an oratorical or rhetorical manner, oratorically, rhetorically:

rhetorice igitur nos mavis quam dialectice disputare?

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

ejus mortem rhetorice et tragice ornare,

id. Brut. 11, 43:

quam rhetorice!

id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.