hospitalia
Latin
Etymology
Neuter substantive use of hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host; guest; stranger”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔs.pɪˈtaː.li.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [os.piˈt̪aː.li.a]
Noun
hospitālia n pl (genitive hospitālium); third declension (plural only)
- Apartments for guests, guest-chambers, guest accommodation.
- The dues of hospitality.
- (of a stage) The two entrances on the right and left for strangers.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | hospitālia |
| genitive | hospitālium |
| dative | hospitālibus |
| accusative | hospitālia |
| ablative | hospitālibus |
| vocative | hospitālia |
Related terms
References
- “hospitalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press