Horatius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly a Latinized Etruscan name.

Proper noun[edit]

Horātius m (genitive Horātiī or Horātī); second declension

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Catalan: Horaci
→ English: Horace
Esperanto: Horacio
French: Horace
Italian: Orazio
Portuguese: Horácio
Romanian: Horațiu
Spanish: Horacio

References[edit]

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

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