Hortalus

== Latin == === Etymology === A secondary branch-marking cognomen used by the gens Hortensia, which see. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɔr.ta.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.ta.lus] === Proper noun === Hortalus m sg (genitive Hortalī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, a Roman orator ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Hortalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hortalus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.