LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

hortus

hortus m (genitive hortī)
Classical[ˈhɔr.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔr.tus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinegarden
    Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti Et custos furum atque avium cum falce salignaMay gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 4.109–111

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

locus apertus post domum, ubi arborēs et flōrēs crēscunt.
hortus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehortushortī
hortora
genitivehortīhortōrum
dativehortōhortīs
accusativehortumhortōs
hortora
ablativehortōhortīs
vocativehortehortī

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

aquam ducere per hortum
to bring a stream of water through the garden.

hortus, i, m. cf.: heres, co-hors; χόρτος, an enclosure for plants; hence,
I. a garden, a pleasure - garden, fruit - garden, kitchen - garden, vineyard (syn.: pomarium, viretum, viridarium).
I. Lit.: sed is clam patrem etiam hac nocte illa per hortum transiit ad nos, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 37: abii ad hortum nostrum, id. Most. 5, 1, 4; Col. 10, 11, 3; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 50; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; id. Off. 3, 14, 58; id. Phil. 2, 6, 15; Lact. 2, 7; 7, 25; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15 et saep.: horti Epicuri, in which Epicurus taught, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; id. N. D. 1, 33, 93; id. Att. 12, 23, 2; cf. Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 51: magni Senecae praedivitis horti, Juv. 10, 16: Horti Caesaris, Agrippinae, Domitiae, etc., at Rome (Trans-Tiberim); cf. Becker's Antiq. I. p. 657 sq.: Horti Maecenatis, on the Esquiline hill, ib. p. 540 sq.—
II. Transf.
A. For villa, a country-seat: in XII. tabulis legum nostrarum nusquam nominatur villa, semper in significatione ea hortus, in horti vero heredium, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 50.—
B. For holera, garden-stuff, vegetables, greens, Cato, R. R. 8, 2; Hor. S. 2, 4, 16.—
C. Like the Gr. κῆπος, i. q. pudendum muliebre, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. I. p. 686 Burm.; also the posteriors of a boy, Auct. Priap. 5.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *hortos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos. Cognate with Oscan 𐌇𐌞𐌓𐌆 (húrz), Ancient Greek χόρτος (khórtos).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanhort
  • Catalanhorta
  • Occitanòrt
  • Occitanòrta
  • Frenchhortillonnagesfrom Old French ort
  • Frenchhortillonfrom Old French ort
  • Frenchhortelainfrom Old French ort
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesehorto
  • Portuguesehorta
  • Spanishhuerto
  • Spanishhuerta
  • Galicianhorto
  • Galicianhorta
  • Asturiangüertufrom Old Leonese uorto
  • Asturiangüertafrom Old Leonese uorto
  • Leonesegüertufrom Old Leonese uorto
  • Leonesegüertafrom Old Leonese uorto
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianoltu
  • Sardinianortu
  • Sardinianotu
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianorto
  • Corsicanortu
  • Dalmatianvart
  • Sicilianortu
  • Venetanorto
  • Venetanort
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianort
  • Romanshüert
  • Romanshiert
Gallo-Italian
  • Emilianôrt
  • Piedmonteseòrt

In English words that came into English from hortus

  • horticulture*horticultūra
  • ortolanhortulānus
  • hortoriumhortus
  • hortulanhortulanus
  • hortensialhortensius

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesHortusHortus (κῆπος), a garden. Greek Our knowledge of the horticulture of the Greeks is very limited. Curiously enough, however, the mythical and fairy-lik…

Quick answers

What does hortus mean in Latin?
hortus, a noun, means “garden”.
What is the genitive of hortus?
The genitive singular is hortī. hortus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce hortus?
In classical Latin, [ˈhɔr.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔr.tus].
Which English words come from hortus?
English words that go back to Latin hortus include hortorium, horticulture, hortulan, hortensial and ortolan.