hortor

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of horior. See -tō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhor.tor/, [ˈhɔrt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.tor/, [ˈɔrt̪or]

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

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

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

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.