Lewis & Short

hortŭlus, i, m. dim. [hortus], a little garden.

  1. I. Lit., Cat. 61, 92; Juv. 3, 226; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 105; as part of a vineyard, Col. 4, 18, 2.
    In plur.: hortuli, garden-grounds, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; id. Fin. 5, 1, 2; id. Clu. 13, 37; Col. 4, 18, 2.
    1. B. Transf.: Cupidinis, i. e. pudenda muliebria, App. Ἀνεχ. 17.
  2. II. Trop.: cujus (Democriti) fontibus Epicurus hortulos suos irrigavit, Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120.