Horace
pronunciation
How to pronounce Horace in British English:
UK [ˈhɒrɪs]
How to pronounce Horace in American English:
US [ˈhɔrəs]
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- Noun:
- Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
Word Origin
- Horace
- masc. proper name, from French, from Latin Horatius, name of a Roman gens. The poet was Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.E.). The form Horatio is influenced by the Italian version of the name, Orazio.
Example
- 1. Although he lived more than 2000 years ago horace seems to capture my dilemma with communicating in the internet age .
- 2. He was once told by his potions master horace slughorn that there is no spell that can create actual love .
- 3. Horace dediu , who runs the consultancy asymco , having formerly worked for the mobile phone maker nokia , thinks the time is ripe for a new way of interacting with our computers .
- 4. Horace fletcher , otherwise known as " the great masticator " , was emphatic about chewing each mouthful of food until it was liquid , and counted john d. rockefeller and franz kafka among his disciples .
- 5. Apple proved this recently with iphone ; its millions of new verizon handsets in the us barely made a dent in its total sales , but wider global availability created what horace dedlu calls iphone 's " big bang . "