Usages of orator
Orator in rostris stat et de novo decreto clara voce loquitur.
An orator stands on the rostra and speaks in a clear voice about the new decree.
Orator dicit bonum magistratum non sua tantum commoda, sed salutem civitatis spectare debere.
The orator says that a good magistrate ought to look not only to his own advantages, but to the safety of the state.
Pater dicit se iuvenem saepe ad contiones ivisse, ut bonos oratores audiret.
Father says that when he was young he often went to assemblies so that he might hear good orators.
Una puella in commentario suo scribit senatum decreta facere, oratores autem in contione populum movere conari.
One girl writes in her notebook that the senate makes decrees, but that orators in the assembly try to move the people.
Pater, qui olim oratorem quendam audiverat, censet vocem claram plus valere quam verba nimis multa.
Father, who once heard a certain orator, thinks that a clear voice is worth more than too many words.
Bibliotheca quieta ad meditandum melior est quam forum plenum, sed forum ad audiendos oratores melius est.
A quiet library is better for thinking than a full forum, but the forum is better for hearing orators.
Orator in contione dicit, et multi cives eum audiunt.
The orator speaks in the assembly, and many citizens listen to him.
Orator in contione audiendus est.
The orator must be heard in the assembly.
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