- ῥήτωρ
- ῥήτωρ, ορος, ὁ orig. ‘public speaker, orator’ (since Soph.; Thu. 8, 1, 1 et al.; ins, pap; Philo, Vi. Cont. 31; Jos., Ant. 17, 226; 19, 208), then specif. a speaker in court, advocate, attorney (Dio Chrys. 59 [76], 4; POxy 37 I, 4 [49 A.D.]; 237 VII, 25; BGU 969 I, 8; 15 al. in pap; Preisigke, Fachw. 1915) Ac 24:1, here as prosecuting attorney; on the form of Tertullus’s speech s. BWinter, JTS 42, ’91, 505–31.—DELG s.v. εἴρω (2). M-M.
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