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hortus.

garden, fruit/kitchen garden; pleasure garden; park (pl.);

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈhɔr.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈɔr.tus]
  1. garden

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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