declamator, declamatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
one who composes/delivers speeches as oratorical exercise; rhetorical declaimer;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | declamator | declamatores |
| Gen. | declamatoris | declamatorum, declamatorium |
| Dat. | declamatori | declamatoribus |
| Acc. | declamatorem | declamatores |
| Voc. | declamator | declamatores |
| Abl. | declamatore | declamatoribus |
Examples
- G
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...Porcius Latro * M. Porcius Latro, Latinus declamator, taedio duplicis quartanae semet ipsum interfecit (a. 750. 751) Q. Curtius..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ridicula, ut, si iam cedendum est, impleat se declamator aliquando, dum sciat, ut quadrupedes, cum uiridi pabulo distentae..."