Horatius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly a Latinized Etruscan name.

Proper noun

Horātius m (genitive Horātiī); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension.

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
• French: Horace
• Italian: Orazio

• Portuguese: Horácio
• Romanian: Horațiu
• Spanish: Horacio

References

• Horatius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Horatius” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)