Horatius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly a Latinized Etruscan name.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hoˈraː.ti.us/, [hɔˈräːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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
• → English: Horatio
• 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.