Jastrow: רַבִּי

רַבִּי m. (v. רַב II) [my teacher, my master,] Rabbi, title of scholars, esp. of the Tannaim, and of the Palestinian Amoraim. B. Mets. 85ᵃ חכים … ור׳ קרו לך וכ׳ I shall make thee a ḥackim, and a gold-embroidered cloak they shall spread over thee, and Rabbi they shall call thee &c. Ib. 84ᵃ מאי … ר׳ קרו לי והכא ר׳ וכ׳ what good hast thou done me, there (among the Roman gladiators) they called me Rabbi (master), and here (as a scholar) they call me Rabbi. Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ ומ"ט קרו לך ר׳ רַבָּן וכ׳ and why do they call thee Rabbi? I am the chief master of weavers. Ib. ר׳ אלעזר; a. v. fr.—Esp. Rabbi, surname of R. Judah han-Nasi. Gitt. 59ᵃ מימות משה ועד ר׳ וכ׳ from the days of Moses to those of Rabbi we do not meet with learning and high office in one place (combined in one person). Ber. 13ᵃ; Sot. 32ᵇ. B. Mets. 85ᵃ; a. v. fr.