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oratorius

oratorius · adj

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Where it lives

Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 2 · 4.65/10k
Topica 3 · 4.38/10k
Orator 6 · 3.25/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 3 · 3.23/10k
Brutus 7 · 2.79/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 12 · 1.7/10k
De Inventione 5 · 1.51/10k
Institutio Oratoria 16 · 0.93/10k
De Oratore 5 · 0.83/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ōrātōrĭus — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

oratoriis Cicero, Topica 34.p1
oratorio Cicero, De Oratore 1.251
oratorii Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.3.p3
oratorium Cicero, De Inventione 1.33.p2
oratorio Cicero, De Oratore 2.252
oratoriis Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.1.70

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