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.
Una discipula consilium novum proponit: “Cur non cras in foro oratorem audimus?”
One female student proposes a new plan: “Why do we not hear an orator in the forum tomorrow?”
Discipula dicit se antea numquam in contione oratorem audivisse.
The female student says that she has never heard an orator in an assembly before.
Discipuli ad forum veniunt, oratorem visuri.
The students come to the forum, about to see the orator.
Ipsi in foro adsunt et oratorem audiunt.
They themselves are present in the forum and listen to the orator.
Orator in contione loquens a multis civibus auditur.
The orator, speaking in the assembly, is heard by many citizens.
Orator ad rostrum ascendit et de bono communi loquitur.
The orator goes up to the rostrum and speaks about the common good.
Sermo oratoris civibus gratus est.
The orator’s speech is pleasing to the citizens.
Viginti cives oratorem in contione audiunt.
Twenty citizens listen to the orator in the assembly.
Orator in contione de pace dicturus est.
The orator is about to speak in the assembly about peace.
Plerique, qui in contione adsunt, oratorem libenter audiunt.
Most people who are present at the assembly gladly listen to the orator.
Cum via non iam pateat propter imbrem, omnes sub porticu manent et de oratore loquuntur.
Since the road is no longer open because of the rain, everyone stays under the portico and talks about the orator.
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