hortor

Latin

Alternative forms

• hortō

Etymology

Frequentative of horior. See -tō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɔr.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.tor]

Verb

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

1. to encourage, exhort, urge
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, 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

   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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		hortārī, hortārier1			—			hortāns			—
future		hortātūrum esse			—			hortātūrus			hortandus
perfect		hortātum esse			—			hortātus			—
future perfect		hortātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		hortātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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

• adhortor
• cohortor
• dehortor
• exhortor
• hortāmen
• hortāmentum
• hortandus
• hortātiō
• hortātīvus
• hortātor
• hortātus
• inhortor

Descendants

• → Italian: ortare

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.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 289