hortensius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.