hortor

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Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of horior. See -tō.

Pronunciation

Verb

hortor (present infinitive hortārī or hortārier, perfect active hortātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to encourage, exhort, urge
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.266:
      ultro / hortantem et fessas ad pabula nota vocantem
      freely / calling them and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of hortor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hortor hortāris,
hortāre 		hortātur hortāmur hortāminī hortantur
imperfect hortābar hortābāris,
hortābāre 		hortābātur hortābāmur hortābāminī hortābantur
future hortābor hortāberis,
hortābere 		hortābitur hortābimur hortābiminī hortābuntur
perfect hortātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect hortātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect hortātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present horter hortēris,
hortēre 		hortētur hortēmur hortēminī hortentur
imperfect hortārer hortārēris,
hortārēre 		hortārētur hortārēmur hortārēminī hortārentur
perfect hortātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect hortātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — hortāre — — hortāminī —
future — hortātor hortātor — — hortantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives hortārī,
hortārier1 		hortātum esse hortātūrum esse — — —
participles hortāns hortātus hortātūrus — — hortandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
hortandī hortandō hortandum hortandō hortātum hortātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

References

  • “hortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hortor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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