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noun

Hortānum

gen. Hortāni · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
a city of Etruria; Orte; of Hortanum •
a city of Etruria (probably called after the Etruscan goddess Horta, Paul. ex Fest. 4, 8; cf. Müll. Etrusk. II. p. 62), now Orte, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.—Hence, Hortīnus, a, um, of Hortanum: classes, Verg. A. 7, 716.
Perseus ID: n20978 Key: Hortanum