Hortensius

== Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps from the placename Horta +‎ -ensis, meaning "man from Horta." Or, possibly related to hortēnsis (“garden-grown”). Compare Hortalus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔrˈtẽː.si.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [orˈtɛn.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 ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Hortēnsia Hortēnsiānus === Adjective === Hortēnsius (feminine Hortēnsia, neuter Hortēnsium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Hortensia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === 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.