hortensius

hortensĭus, a, um, adj. [hortus], of or belonging to a garden, garden-.

I Adj. : bulbi, Plin. 20, 9, 40, § 105: batis, id. 26, 8, 50, § 82.—

II Subst., in plur.: horten-sia , ōrum, n., garden-herbs , Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98; 19, 8, 39, § 131; 26, 4, 10, § 22.

Hortensius
Hortensĭus (HORTÉSIVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 235, n. 619), I the name of a Roman gens; so, in partic.: ...

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