Hortator on 25/3/2003 at 22:34
..that the word "Hortator" is actually Latin? Apparently it means "encourager", which fits in very nicely with the story of Mw!
Just a little titbit, don't know if you knew already. :)
Ania on 25/3/2003 at 22:58
*gets out multiple dictionaries*
Will report on this soon.
Ania
Jordana Chal on 25/3/2003 at 23:40
Yeah, I looked it up a while back after wondering whether it was a real word, or had just been made up for the game. The actual word "Hortator" doesn't appear in my dictionary, but it has "hortative"-tending or serving to exhort. Related words given are "hortatory" and "hortation"......not too much of a jump to "Hortator", then.
There's a clear etymological link to the words "exhort" and, more obviously, "exhortative", among others.
Myoldnamebroke on 26/3/2003 at 22:34
What about horticulture? The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants?
Kuuler on 27/3/2003 at 01:20
Mmmm i never heard it anyways i use names like...wearid-o names for explame (plz don
t laugh at me) KInsha Mumucocka things like that
Ania on 27/3/2003 at 01:43
Looks like there is no connection between Hortator, hortative, exhort etc, (all coming fr. Latin hortari, to urge, encourage, and etymologically related to yearn) and horticulture etc. coming fr. Latin hortus 'garden', (related to Engl. yard).
However, while looking this up, I found that horripilation* is a real word, and means goose-flesh! It is derived from Latin horrere 'to tremble, shudder, (of hair) stand on end' plus pilus 'hair'. Horrere also gives us horror, horrible etc.
Wow. You learn something every day!
Ania
*as in the Fork of Horripilation, featuring in Sheogorath's quest
Jordana Chal on 27/3/2003 at 01:55
And people say that playing computer games stifles intellectual development :p
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What about horticulture? The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants?That thought crossed my mind briefly as well, since the words sound so similar :) But no link, as Ania said. It brings some interesting images to mind though. The Nerevarine on a mission to defeat Dagoth Ur by cultivating monstrous tomatos and cactus plants to hurl at him :)
Ania on 27/3/2003 at 02:00
And don't forget gardening impements! Oh no, that belongs in a different thread altogether...
Ania
Forsythe on 27/3/2003 at 03:47
Sounds kind've like a sequel to "Attack of the Killer Tomatos" there, Jordana ;)
