Horatius

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Latin

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Etymology

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Possibly a Latinized Etruscan name.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Horātius m (genitive Horātiī or Horātī); second declension

  1. The name of a Roman gēns.
  2. The Roman poet Horace.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Horātius Horātiī
Genitive Horātiī
Horātī1
Horātiōrum
Dative Horātiō Horātiīs
Accusative Horātium Horātiōs
Ablative Horātiō Horātiīs
Vocative Horātī Horātiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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References

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  • Horatius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Horatius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.