I.inf. pres. hortarier, Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5), v. dep. for horitor, v. horior, to urge one strongly to do a thing, to incite, instigate, encourage, cheer, exhort (freq. and class.; cf.: moneo, admoneo, suadeo).
I. In gen., constr. aliquem, aliquem ad or in aliquid, ut, ne, with the simple subj., de aliqua re, aliquid, with the inf. or absol.
(α).
With acc. pers.: “coquos,” Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5 sq.: “hacc, quae supra scripta sunt, eo spectant, ut te horter et suadeam,” Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 3: neque nos hortari neque dehortari decet Hominem peregrinum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 61: “timentem,” Ov. M. 10, 466: “celeres canes,” id. H. 4, 41; cf.: “terribiles hortatus equos,” spurring on, id. M. 5, 421: “vitulos,” Verg. G. 3, 164: “pedes,” to drive on, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 7: “senex in culina clamat: hortatur cocos: Quin agitis hodie?” Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 6: “hortari coepit eundem Verbis, quae timido quoque possent addere mentem,” Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 35.—
(β).
Ad or in aliquid: “ad laudem milites,” Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9: “ad concordiam,” Quint. 6, 1, 50: “ad curam rei publicae,” id. 5, 11, 24: “ad diligentiam,” id. 9, 4, 133: “ad quaerendum,” id. 5, 12, 1: “ad reliqua fortius exsequenda,” id. 4, 5, 23: “paribus Messapum in proelia dictis Hortatur,” Verg. A. 11, 521: “in amicitiam jungendam,” Liv. 43, 19, 14.—
(γ).
De aliqua re: “iisdem de rebus etiam atque etiam hortor, quibus superioribus litteris hortatus sum,” Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: “de Aufidiano nomine nihil te hortor,” id. ib. 16, 19: “aliquem de concilianda pace,” Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 3.—
(δ).
With ut, ne, or the simple subj.: “Pompeium et hortari et orare ... ut magnam infamiam fugiat, non desistemus,” Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2: “petit atque hortatur, ut, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 1, 19 fin.: “ipse equo circumiens unumquemque nominans appellat, hortatur, rogat, uti meminerint, etc.,” Sall. C. 59, 5: “magno opere te hortor, ut, etc.,” Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3: “ego vos hortari tantum possum, ut amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis anteponatis,” id. Lael. 5, 17; 27, 104: “juvenes ut illam ire viam pergant,” Juv. 14, 121: “te sedulo Et moneo et hortor, ne cujusquam misereat,” Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 7; Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 52: “Ambiorix in Nervios pervenit hortaturque, ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasionem dimittant,” Caes. B. G. 5, 38, 2: “hortatur eos, ne animo deficiant,” id. B. C. 1, 19, 1.—With the simple subj.: “Labienum Treboniumque hortatur ... ad eam diem revertantur,” id. B. G. 6, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 21, 4: “quid ego vos, de vestro impendatis, hortor?” Liv. 6, 15, 10: “hortatur et monet, imitetur vicinum suum Octavium,” Suet. Aug. 3 fin.—（ε) Aliquem aliquid or simply aliquid: “sin tu (quod te jamdudum hortor) exieris,” Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 12: trepidus hortabar fugam, Poët. ap. Charis. 1, 4 fin.: “equidem pacem hortari non desino,” Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.; so, “pacem amicitiamque,” Nep. Dat. 8, 5: “vias,” Stat. S. 3, 5, 22: “me miseram! cupio non persuadere quod hortor,” Ov. H. 19, 187.—（ζ) With inf. or an object-clause (rare): “cum legati hortarentur accipere,” Nep. Phoc. 1, 3: “(Daedalus) dedit oscula nato, Hortaturque sequi,” Ov. M. 8, 215; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 69: “(Chariclem medicum) remanere ac recumbere hortatus est,” Suet. Tib. 72 (cf. in the foll. b.).—（η) With supine: “neque ego vos ultum injurias hortor,” Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch.—（θ) Absol.: “hortor, asto, admoneo,” Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10: “Sigambri fuga comparata, hortantibus iis, quos, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 4, 18 fin.: “hortante et jubente Vercingetorige,” id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Nep. Att. 10, 4 al.—
b. Of inanim. or abstract things: “pol benefacta tua me hortantur, tuo ut imperio paream,” Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 60: res, tempus, locus, simul otium hortabatur, ut, etc., Afran. ap. Non. 523, 14: “multae res ad hoc consilium Gallos hortabantur,” Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6: “secundum ea multae res eum hortabantur, quare sibi eam rem cogitandam et suscipiendam putaret,” id. ib. 1, 33, 2.—With inf.: “(rei publicae dignitas) me ad sese rapit, haec minora relinquere hortatur,” Cic. Sest. 3, 7.—
2. Prov.: “hortari currentem,” i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 13, 45, 2; v. curro. —
II. In partic., in milit. lang., to exhort soldiers before a battle: “Sabinus suos hortatus cupientibus signum dat,” Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2: “pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,” Sall. J. 49, 6: “suos hortando ad virtutem arrigere,” id. ib. 23, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 207.!*?
a. Also in the act. form, horto , āre (Prisc. p. 797 P.), Enn. Ann. 554 Vahl.; perf. hortavi, Sen. Suas. 5, 8.—
b. hortor , āri, in pass. signif.: ab amicis hortaretur, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 1: hoste hortato, Auct. B. Hisp. 1 fin.
