Hortensius
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See also: hortensius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /horˈten.si.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈten.si.us/,
Proper noun
Hortēnsius m sg (genitive Hortēnsiī or Hortēnsī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, a Roman orator
- 1880, Henry James Nicoll, “Miscellaneous”, in Great Scholars. Buchanan, Bentley, Porson, Parr and Others., Edinburgh: Macniven & Wallace, page 204:
- He is described as having spoken for nearly an hour with great confidence in a highly declamatory tone, and with studied action, impressing all present who had ever heard of Cicero or Hortensius with the belief that he had worked himself up into the notion of being one or both of them for the occasion.
- Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, a Roman orator
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Hortēnsius |
| Genitive | Hortēnsiī Hortēnsī1 |
| Dative | Hortēnsiō |
| Accusative | Hortēnsium |
| Ablative | Hortēnsiō |
| Vocative | Hortēnsī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Adjective
Hortēnsius (feminine Hortēnsia, neuter Hortēnsium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Hortensia.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Hortēnsius | Hortēnsia | Hortēnsium | Hortēnsiī | Hortēnsiae | Hortēnsia | |
| Genitive | Hortēnsiī | Hortēnsiae | Hortēnsiī | Hortēnsiōrum | Hortēnsiārum | Hortēnsiōrum | |
| Dative | Hortēnsiō | Hortēnsiō | Hortēnsiīs | ||||
| Accusative | Hortēnsium | Hortēnsiam | Hortēnsium | Hortēnsiōs | Hortēnsiās | Hortēnsia | |
| Ablative | Hortēnsiō | Hortēnsiā | Hortēnsiō | Hortēnsiīs | |||
| Vocative | Hortēnsie | Hortēnsia | Hortēnsium | Hortēnsiī | Hortēnsiae | Hortēnsia | |
References
- “Hortensius2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hortensius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.