hospiticida
Latin edit
Etymology edit
hospes (“host" or "guest”) + -cīda
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hos.pi.tiˈkiː.da/, [hɔs̠pɪt̪ɪˈkiːd̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /os.pi.tiˈt͡ʃi.da/, [ospit̪iˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]
Noun edit
hospiticīda m (genitive hospiticīdae); first declension
- hospiticide (one who kills his guest or host)
Usage notes edit
- This word appears in Classical Latin only as a gloss for the Ancient Greek ξενοκτόνος (xenoktónos).
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hospiticīda | hospiticīdae |
| Genitive | hospiticīdae | hospiticīdārum |
| Dative | hospiticīdae | hospiticīdīs |
| Accusative | hospiticīdam | hospiticīdās |
| Ablative | hospiticīdā | hospiticīdīs |
| Vocative | hospiticīda | hospiticīdae |
References edit
- “hospiticida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hospiticida in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hospiticida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.