Horatius

American  

[huh-rey-shuhs, haw-, hoh-] / həˈreɪ ʃəs, hɔ-, hoʊ- /

noun

1. Roman Legend.  Publius Horatius Cocles, a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.

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Example Sentences

Nigeria has Africa’s largest natural gas reserves, said Horatius Egua, a spokesman for the petroleum minister, though it accounts for only 14% of the European Union’s imports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, that comes by ship.

From Seattle Times

The government and the military are stepping up actions “to minimize the criminalities along the oil production lines,” said Horatius Egua, a senior official at the petroleum ministry.

From Seattle Times

According to National Today, the oldest known documentation of pasta is from the first century B.C., when Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus wrote about "sheets of dough called lagana."

From Fox News

His fund Horatius Capital made a bet worth millions of dollars through credit default swaps - or insurance against sovereign default - that Saudi bonds would be hit.

From Reuters

The song is sung to the tune of the traditional folk song “Lauriger Horatius,” which had been repurposed earlier during the 19th century as the Christmas tune “O Tannenbaum,” or “O Christmas Tree.”

From Washington Times