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Hor⋅ace

  [hawr-is, hor-]
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–noun
1. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c., Roman poet and satirist.
2. a male given name.
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Horace

An ancient Roman poet, known for his odes. Horace insisted that poetry should offer both pleasure and instruction.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Horace 
masc. proper name, from Fr., from L. Horatius, name of a Roman gens. The poet was Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.E.). The form Horatio is infl. by the It. version of the name, Orazio.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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