Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis. Equivalent to hospes (host; guest, stranger) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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hospitālis (neuter hospitāle, superlative hospitālissimus, adverb hospitāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a host or guest.
  2. Of or pertaining to hospitality; providing hospitality or generous towards guests, hospitable.

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative hospitālis hospitāle hospitālēs hospitālia
Genitive hospitālis hospitālium
Dative hospitālī hospitālibus
Accusative hospitālem hospitāle hospitālēs
hospitālīs
hospitālia
Ablative hospitālī hospitālibus
Vocative hospitālis hospitāle hospitālēs hospitālia

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • hospitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hospitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hospitalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hospitalis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray