rhētŏrĭco

āvi, 1, v. dep.
I. to speak rhetorically or like an orator, Novat. ap. Non. 476, 6 (Com. Rel. p. 216 Rib.); act. form, Tert. Res. Carn. 5.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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