Horatius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly a Latinized Etruscan name.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hoˈraː.ti.us/, [hɔˈräːt̪iʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈrat.t͡si.us/, [oˈrät̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Horātius m (genitive Horātiī or Horātī); second declension

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

Declension

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

References
  • “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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