(adj.adj.) : Hortensĭus (HORTÉSIVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 235, n. 619)
* The name of a Roman gens; so, in partic.: Q. Hortensius Hortalus,a celebrated orator in the time of Cicero,Cic. Brut. 88, 301 sq.; Quint. 11, 3, 8; 12, 11, 27; Gell. 1, 5, 2; Tac. A. 2, 37. After him is named the treatise of Cicero entitled Hortensius, of which fragments remain (Bait. XI. 55 sqq.).—Hortensĭa, ae, f., his daughter, also celebrated for her skill in oratory, Val. Max. 8, 3, 3; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 6.
* Derivv.
* Hortensĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Hortensius, Hortensian: lex, of the dictator Q. Hortensius, Gai. Inst. 1, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2; cf. Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37; Gell. 15, 27, 4.—Another lex Hortensia (ut nundinae essent fastae), perh. of the same Hortensius, Macr. S. 1, 16.
* Hortensĭānus, a, um, adj., Hortensian: eloquentia,Val. Max. 8, 3, 3: quod me admones, ut scribam illa Hortensiana, i. e. the treatise entitled Hortensius, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 3: in aedibus Hortensianis,Suet. Aug. 72.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• M. Cassius Hortensius Paulinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR H 0211 | PIR ID3723
• Hortensius Corbio (Masc), ref: PIR H 0207 | PIR ID6991
• Q. Hortensius Faustinus (Masc), ref: PIR H 0208 | PIR ID6992
• C. Hortensius Fronto (Masc), ref: PIR H 0209 | PIR ID6993
• M. Hortensius Hortalus (Masc), ref: PIR H 0210 | PIR ID6994
• A. Hortensius Licinianus (Masc), ref: XV 7469 | PIR ID6995
• Q. Marcius Hortensius (Masc, senator), ref: ZPE 95 (1993) 251-260 | PIR ID8914