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Hospitium


Hos-pi′ti-um

,
Noun.
[L. See
Hospice
.]
1.
An inn; a lodging; a hospice.
[Obs.]
2.
(Law)
An inn of court.

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hospitium

hospitium

English

Noun

hospitium (plural hospitiums or hospitia)

  1. (obsolete) An inn; a lodging; a hospice.
  2. (obsolete, law) An inn of court.


Latin

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Etymology

From hospes (host; guest, stranger).

Pronunciation

Noun

hospitium n (genitive hospitiī); second declension

  1. A hospitable reception, entertainment, hospitality.
  2. The tie of hospitality, relation of host and guest
  3. friendship, bond.
  4. A place of entertainment for strangers; lodgings, inn, guest-chamber, poorhouse.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hospitium hospitia
genitive hospitiī hospitiōrum
dative hospitiō hospitiīs
accusative hospitium hospitia
ablative hospitiō hospitiīs
vocative hospitium hospitia

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References

  • hospitium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hospitium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • HOSPITIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hospitium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • my relations with him are most hospitable: mihi cum illo hospitium est, intercedit
    • to enjoy a person's hospitality: hospitio alicuius uti
    • to become a friend and guest of a person: hospitium cum aliquo facere, (con-)iungere
    • to welcome a man as a guest in one's house: hospitio aliquem accipere or excipere (domum ad se)
    • to sever (previous) hospitable relations: hospitium renuntiare (Liv. 25. 18)
  • hospitium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hospitium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin