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Latin: Oratory & Rhetoric
Cicero’s speeches — from the Catilinarians and the Verrines to the Philippics — together with his rhetorical treatises and Quintilian’s great manual on the education of an orator. Every text below is a complete parsing reader: click any word for its lemma, morphology, and full entry from Lewis & Short.
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- Praecepta DictaminumAdalbertus Samaritanus
- Summa de Arte PraedicatoriaAlan of Lille
- Breviarium de DictamineAlberic of Monte Cassino
- Flores RhetoriciAlberic of Monte Cassino
- Disputatio de Rhetorica et de VirtutibusAlcuin
- De Excessu Fratris Sui SatyriAmbrose, Saint
- De Obitu TheodosiiAmbrose, Saint
- De Obitu ValentinianiAmbrose, Saint
- Oratio Congratulatoria ad Pasqualem MaripetrumAmbrosius Miches
- De Thucydidis Historia IudiciumAndreas Dudith
- Aurea Gemma OxoniensisAnonymous
- De Compositione et de Numeris OratorumAnonymous
- De CompositionibusAnonymous
- De StructurisAnonymous
- De VereAnonymous
- Declaratio Nunciorum Regni Croatiae de Lingua HungaricaAnonymous
- Excerpta Rhetorica ParisinaAnonymous
- Hisperica FaminaAnonymous
- Panegyrici LatiniAnonymous
- Praecepta Prosaici Dictaminis secundum TulliumAnonymous
- Rationes DictandiAnonymous
- Summa Rhetoricae ArtisAnonymous
- Summa Salutationum (A)Anonymous
- Summa Salutationum (B)Anonymous
- Tribunus MarianusAnonymous
- RhetorimachiaAnselm of Besate
- De Arte PoeticaAntonio Maria Conti
- De Eloquentia DialogusAntonio Maria Conti
- De FigurisAquila Romanus
- Invectiva in Girardum EngolismensemArnulf of Lisieux
- Orationes (Fragments)Asinius Pollio
- De RhetoricaAugustine, Saint (attributed)
- De Ratione ScribendiAurelio Lippo Brandolini
- De Praesidentia Oratoris et PoetaeBaptista Mantuanus
- Exhortatio ad Reges ChristianosBaptista Mantuanus
- Invectivae in Laurentium VallamBartolomeo Facio
- De Schematibus et TropisBede
- CandelabrumBene da Firenze
- Querimonia in SynodoBenedict Crispus
- Oratio pro CroatiaBernardin Frankopan
- Pomerium RhetoricaeBichilino da Spello
- CedrusBoncompagno da Signa
- IsagogeBoncompagno da Signa
- PalmaBoncompagno da Signa
- Quinque Tabulae SalutationumBoncompagno da Signa
- Rota VenerisBoncompagno da Signa
- Cedrus LibaniBono of Lucca
- Oratio in Funere Rogerii Iosephi BoscovichiiBrno Zamanja
- Orationes (Fragments)Caelius Rufus
- DeclamationesCalpurnius Flaccus
- Orationes (Fragments)Caracalla
- Orationes (Fragments)Cassiodorus
- Orationes (Fragments)Cassius Severus
- Orationes (Fragments)Cato the Elder
- In CatilinamCicero
- PhilippicsCicero
- Pro ArchiaCicero
- Pro MiloneCicero
- Against VatiniusCicero, Marcus Tullius
- BrutusCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Cum Populo Gratias EgitCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Cum Senatui Gratias EgitCicero, Marcus Tullius
- De Domo Sua Ad PontificesCicero, Marcus Tullius
- De Haruspicum Responso In P. ClodiumCicero, Marcus Tullius
- De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad QuiritesCicero, Marcus Tullius
- De InventioneCicero, Marcus Tullius
- De Lege AgrariaCicero, Marcus Tullius
- De Optimo Genere OratorumCicero, Marcus Tullius
- De Provinciis ConsularibusCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Divinatio in Q. CaeciliumCicero, Marcus Tullius
- In C. VerremCicero, Marcus Tullius
- In L. Calpurnium PisonemCicero, Marcus Tullius
- On OratoryCicero, Marcus Tullius
- OratorCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Partitiones OratoriaeCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro A. CaecinaCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro A. CluentioCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad QuiritesCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro C. Rabirio PostumoCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro Cn. PlancioCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro FonteioCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro L. Cornelio BalboCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro L. FlaccoCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro L. MurenaCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro M. CaelioCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro M. MarcelloCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro M. ScauroCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro M. TullioCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro P. QuinctioCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro P. SestioCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro P. SullaCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro Q. LigarioCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro Q. Roscio ComoedoCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro Rege DeiotaroCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Pro S. Roscio AmerinoCicero, Marcus Tullius
- TopicaCicero, Marcus Tullius
- Oratio de Iure Honorum Gallis DandoClaudius
- Libellus de StatibusClodianus
- OrationesConstantine the Great
- Ars RhetoricaConsultus Fortunatianus
- De Vulgari EloquentiaDante Alighieri
- Orationes (Fragments)Domitian
- Orationes (Fragments)Domitius Afer
- De EthopoeiaEmporius
- Praeceptum de Loco CommuniEmporius
- Praeceptum DeliberativaeEmporius
- Praeceptum Demonstrativae MateriaeEmporius
- DictionesEnnodius
- Panegyricus Theodorico Regi DictusEnnodius
- Orationes (Fragments)Favonius
- Vergilius Orator an PoetaFlorus, Lucius Annaeus
- Orationes (Fragments)Gaius Gracchus
- Orationes (Fragments)Gaius Laelius
- Orationes (Fragments)Gaius Titius
- Exempla ExordiorumGasparino Barzizza
- Ars HistoricaGerard Vossius
- De Artis Poeticae Natura ac ConstitutioneGerard Vossius
- De ImitationeGerard Vossius
- Oratio ConsolatoriaGiordano Bruno
- Oratio ValedictoriaGiordano Bruno
- Ars DictaminisGiovanni del Virgilio
- Brevis Introductio ad DictamenGiovanni di Bonandrea
- Dictamina RhetoricaGuido Faba
- EpistolaeGuido Faba
- Summa DictaminisGuido Faba
- Recollectae super Poetria Magistri GalfrediGuizzardo da Bologna
- Laudatio MatidiaeHadrian
- Orationes (Fragments)Hadrian
- Concio in Concilio FrancofordiensiHenry II, Saint
- Oratio Funebris in Joannem Gotium (Fragmenta)Ilija Crijević
- Oratio Funebris in Junium SorgiumIlija Crijević
- Panegyris Wladislao Hungariae et Boemiae Regi DictaIvan Gučetić
- Oratio de Excidio Urbis RomaeIvan Stafilić
- Ars Nova ArgutiarumJacob Masen
- Exercitationes OratoriaeJacob Masen
- Familiarium Argutiarum FontesJacob Masen
- Palaestra OratoriaJacob Masen
- Palaestra Styli RomaniJacob Masen
- Ars ArengandiJacques de Dinant
- BreviloquiumJacques de Dinant
- Commentum TulliiJacques de Dinant
- Expositio BreviloquiiJacques de Dinant
- Summa DictaminisJacques de Dinant
- Oratio Legatorum Matthiae Regis ad PontificemJanus Pannonius
- Concio ad Populum RomanumJohn of Marsica
- Suprascriptiones LitterarumJulianus Rivanellus
- Orationes (Fragments)Julius Caesar
- De Figuris Sententiarum et ElocutionisJulius Rufinianus
- Praecepta Artis RhetoricaeJulius Severianus
- Ars RhetoricaJulius Victor
- Oratio Funebris pro Iunio GeorgioJuraj Dragišić
- Pericope OrationisLanfranc
- Laudatio Florentinae UrbisLeonardo Bruni
- Orationes (Fragments)Licinius Calvus
- De Falso Credita et Ementita Constantini DonationeLorenzo Valla
- Oratio in Principio StudiiLorenzo Valla
- Orationes (Fragments)Lucius Aemilius Paullus
- Orationes (Fragments)Lucius Licinius Crassus
- Oratio in Funere Guarini VeronensisLudovico Carbone
- Libellus de Ornamentis VerborumMarbod of Rennes
- Orationes (Fragments)Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
- Oratio in Funere Gregorii LazzariMarko Kordić
- Introductiones Prosaici DictaminisMaster Bernard
- Summa de Arte DictandiMaster Geoffrey
- Introducendis in Artem DictandiMaster Guido
- Liber Sapientiae CollectusMaster Guido
- Modi DictaminumMaster Guido
- Glosae in Ciceronis RhetoricamMaster Menegaldus
- Summa DictaminisMatteo dei Libri
- Panegyricus in Prosa (Fragments)Merobaudes
- Orationes (Fragments)Messalla Corvinus
- Orationes (Fragments)Metellus Numidicus
- Dalmatiae Encomii PrincipiumMihovil Vrančić
- EpistolaeMino da Colle
- Oratio in Conventu Latinis Litteris Linguaeque FovendisMiroslav Kravar
- Oratio in Funere Petri RiariiNicholas of Modruš
- Oratio Salutatoria ad Rhagusinum SenatumNicolaus Petraeus
- Persuasio contra TurcumOrazio Romano
- Ad Optimates Polonos AdmonitioParthenius Tranquillus Andronicus
- Oratio contra Turcas ad GermanosParthenius Tranquillus Andronicus
- Oratio de Laudibus EloquentiaeParthenius Tranquillus Andronicus
- Introductiones DictandiPaul of Camaldoli
- Invectiva in Depravatorem Operum Petri BlesensisPeter of Blois
- Libellus de Arte DictandiPeter of Blois
- Ad CalumniatoremPeter of Poitiers (monk of Cluny)
- ArengaePetrarch
- Collatio coram Iohanne RegePetrarch
- Collatio LaureationisPetrarch
- Contra Eum Qui Maledixit ItaliaePetrarch
- Contra Quendam Magni Status HominemPetrarch
- Invective contra MedicumPetrarch
- PanegyricusPliny, the Younger
- Rhetorica ad HerenniumPseudo-Cicero
- De Schematis DianoeasPseudo-Julius Rufinianus
- De Schematis LexeosPseudo-Julius Rufinianus
- Declamationes MaioresPseudo-Quintilian
- Declamationes MinoresPseudo-Quintilian
- Epistulae ad CaesaremPseudo-Sallust
- In CiceronemPseudo-Sallust
- Institutio OratoriaQuintilian
- Orationes (Fragments)Quintus Caecilius Metellus
- Commentariolum PetitionisQuintus Tullius Cicero
- De Figuris Sententiarum et ElocutionisRutilius Lupus
- Orationes (Fragments)Scipio Aemilianus
- Orationes (Fragments)Scipio Africanus
- ControversiaeSeneca the Elder
- Excerpta ControversiaeSeneca the Elder
- FragmentsSeneca the Elder
- SuasoriaeSeneca the Elder
- Orationes (Fragments)Septimius Severus
- Oratio ad Carolum RegemStephen of Várda
- Oratio de Eligendo Summo PontificeStjepan Gradić
- Oratio pro Joanne Torquato Comite CorbaviaeStjepan Posedarski
- Institutiones OratoriaeSulpicius Victor
- OrationesSymmachus
- Dialogus de OratoribusTacitus, Cornelius
- Ars DictaminisThomas of Capua
- Orationes (Fragments)Tiberius
- Brevis Doctrina DictaminisVentura of Bergamo
- Oratio de Origine Successibusque SlavorumVinko Pribojević
- Orationes (Fragments)Votienus Montanus