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hŏrĭor

to encourage, urge

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What it meant

1. horior — de Vaan

horior 'to encourage, urge' [v. Ill] (Enn. horitur) Derivatives: hortari 'to incite, urge on' (P1.+; Enn. lx horitatur); hortamentum 'encouragement' (P1.+), hortator 'inciter, encourager' (P1.+), hortatrix 'female inciter' (Pac.+); adhortori 'to urge, exhort' (P1H-), cohortarl 'to exhort, rouse' (P1.+), — [de Vaan, s.v. horior, p. 303]

2. hŏrĭor — Lewis & Short

hŏrĭor, hori, and hŏrĭtor, āri, v. dep.prim. forms of hortor, from the root *o*r*w, whence o)/rnumi, o(rmh/, o(rma/w, etc.,

I to urge, incite, encourage: hortatur quod vulgo dicimus, veteres nonnulli horitur dixerunt, ut Ennius libro XVI. (29): prandere jubet horiturque. Idem in X. (28): horitatur induperator, Diom. p. 378 P. (Ann. v. 409 and 350 Vahl.).

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