hospiticida
Latin
Etymology
hospes (“host" or "guest”) + -cīda
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔs.pɪ.tɪˈkiː.da]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [os.pi.t̪iˈt͡ʃiː.d̪a]
Noun
hospiticīda m (genitive hospiticīdae); first declension
- hospiticide (one who kills his guest or host)
Usage notes
- This word appears in Classical Latin only as a gloss for the Ancient Greek ξενοκτόνος (xenoktónos).
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hospiticīda | hospiticīdae |
| genitive | hospiticīdae | hospiticīdārum |
| dative | hospiticīdae | hospiticīdīs |
| accusative | hospiticīdam | hospiticīdās |
| ablative | hospiticīdā | hospiticīdīs |
| vocative | hospiticīda | hospiticīdae |
References
- “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.