hortor

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Frequentative of horior. See -tō.

Pronunciation

Verb

hortor (present infinitive hortārī or hortārier, perfect active hortātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to encourage, exhort, urge
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.266:
      [] ultro / hortantem et fessas ad pabula nota vocantem
      [] freely / calling them and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.

Conjugation

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

References

  • hortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hortor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.