Hortensius

hortensius Latin Hortensia gens Etymology Perhaps from the placename la Horta ensis, meaning "man from Horta." Or, possibly related to la hortēnsis garden-grown. Compare la Hortalus. Pronunciation Hortēnsius Proper noun Hortēnsius<2> a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, a Roman orator en Great Scholars. Buchanan, Bentley, Porson, Parr and Others. He is described as having spoken for nearly an hour with great confidence in a highly declamatory tone, and with studied action, impressing all present who had ever heard of Cicero or Hortensius with the belief that he had worked himself up into the notion of being one or both of them for the occasion. 1880 Henry James Nicoll 204 https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Great_Scholars/BnQBAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA204 Miscellaneous Macniven & Wallace Edinburgh Declension Hortēnsius<2> Derived terms la Hortēnsia la Hortēnsiānus Adjective Hortēnsius of or pertaining to the gens Hortensia. Declension Hortēnsius References Hortensius2 la nomina gentilia