Hortensĭus (HORTÉSIVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 235, n. 619),
I the name of a Roman gens; so, in partic.: Q. Hortensius Hortalus, a celebrated orator in the time of Cicero , Cic. Brut. 88, 301 sq.; Quint. 11, 3, 8; 12, 11, 27; Gell. 1, 5, 2; Tac. A. 2, 37. After him is named the treatise of Cicero entitled Hortensius, of which fragments remain (Bait. XI. 55 sqq.).— Hortensĭa , ae, f., his daughter , also celebrated for her skill in oratory , Val. Max. 8, 3, 3; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 6.—
II Derivv.
A Hortensĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Hortensius , Hortensian : lex, of the dictator Q. Hortensius, Gai. Inst. 1, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2; cf. Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37; Gell. 15, 27, 4.—Another lex Hortensia (ut nundinae essent fastae), perh. of the same Hortensius, Macr. S. 1, 16.—
B Hortensĭānus , a, um, adj., Hortensian : eloquentia, Val. Max. 8, 3, 3: quod me admones, ut scribam illa Hortensiana, i. e. the treatise entitled Hortensius, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 3: in aedibus Hortensianis, Suet. Aug. 72.