hospitalia
Latin
Etymology
Neuter substantive use of hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host; guest; stranger”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hos.piˈtaː.li.a/, [hɔs.pɪˈtaː.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 neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | 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
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