Latin edit

Etymology edit

Frequentative of horior. See -tō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to encourage, exhort, urge
    • 70 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 4.266:
      [] ultro / hortantem et fessas ad pabula nota vocantem
      [] freely / calling them and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of hortor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hortor hortāris,
hortāre
hortātur hortāmur hortāminī hortantur
imperfect hortābar hortābāris,
hortābāre
hortābātur hortābāmur hortābāminī hortābantur
future hortābor hortāberis,
hortābere
hortābitur hortābimur hortābiminī hortābuntur
perfect hortātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect hortātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect hortātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present horter hortēris,
hortēre
hortētur hortēmur hortēminī hortentur
imperfect hortārer hortārēris,
hortārēre
hortārētur hortārēmur hortārēminī hortārentur
perfect hortātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect hortātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hortāre hortāminī
future hortātor hortātor hortantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives hortārī,
hortārier1
hortātum esse hortātūrum esse
participles hortāns hortātus hortātūrus hortandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
hortandī hortandō hortandum hortandō hortātum hortātū

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • 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