Meaning of hortēnsius | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by
   declension-2
2. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   declension-2
3. Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, a Roman orator
   declension-2

Examples

“He is described as having spoken for nearly an hour with great confidence in a highly declamatory tone, and with studied action, impressing all present who had ever heard of Cicero or Hortensius with the belief that he had worked himself up into the notion of being one or both of them for the occasion.”

CEFR level