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hortensius1

hortensius1 · adj

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 11s 1 · 50.51/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 9 · 15.68/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 13 · 15.04/10k
Brutus 30 · 11.95/10k
Atticus 4 · 11.31/10k
Pro P. Sulla 10 · 10.75/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 5 · 7.5/10k
Lucullus 10 · 5.56/10k
In C. Verrem 44 · 4.38/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k
Letters to Atticus 37 · 3.01/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k

Densest 12 of 50 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. hortensĭus — Lewis & Short

hortensĭus, a, um, adj.id.,

I of or belonging to a garden, garden-.

I Adj.: bulbi, Plin. 20, 9, 40, § 105: batis, id. 26, 8, 50, § 82.—

II Subst., in plur.: horten-sia, ōrum, n., garden-herbs, Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98; 19, 8, 39, § 131; 26, 4, 10, § 22.

2. Hortensĭus — Lewis & Short

Hortensĭus (HORTÉSIVS, n. 619),

Inscr. Fabr. p. 235,

I the name of a Roman gens; so, in partic.: Q. Hortensius Hortalus, a celebrated orator in the time of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 88, 301 sq.; Quint. 11, 3, 8; 12, 11, 27; Gell. 1, 5, 2; Tac. A. 2, 37. After him is named the treatise of Cicero entitled Hortensius, of which fragments remain (Bait. XI. 55 sqq.).—Hortensĭa, ae, f., his daughter, also celebrated for her skill in oratory, Val. Max. 8, 3, 3; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 6.—

II Derivv.

A Hortensĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Hortensius, Hortensian: lex, of the dictator Q. Hortensius, Gai. Inst. 1, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2; cf. Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37; Gell. 15, 27, 4.—Another lex Hortensia (ut nundinae essent fastae), perh. of the same Hortensius, Macr. S. 1, 16.—

B Hortensĭānus, a, um, adj., Hortensian: eloquentia, Val. Max. 8, 3, 3: quod me admones, ut scribam illa Hortensiana, i. e. the treatise entitled Hortensius, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 3: in aedibus Hortensianis, Suet. Aug. 72.

In the wild

Hortensius Cicero, Pro P. Sulla 6
Hortensius Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.10.p1
Hortensi Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.222
Hortensius Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.10.2
hortensiorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.5.p3
Hortensi Suetonius, Tiberius 47.1

6 of 317 attestations shown.

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