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Definition of: Horace
(hôr′is, hor′-)
A masculine personal name: see HORATIO. Also Fr. Ho·race (ô·räs′), Ho·ra·ci·o (Pg. ô·rä′sē·, Sp. ō·rä′thē·ō). [<L, light of the sun, keeper of the hours]
—Horace
Anglicized name of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65–8 B.C., Roman poet.
—Ho·ra·tian (hə·rā′shən) adjective
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