hospitalis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis. Equivalent to hospes (host; guest, stranger) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hospitālis (neuter hospitāle, superlative hospitālissimus, adverb hospitāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a host or guest.
  2. Of or pertaining to hospitality; providing hospitality or generous towards guests, hospitable.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative hospitālis hospitāle hospitālēs hospitālia
Genitive hospitālis hospitālium
Dative hospitālī hospitālibus
Accusative hospitālem hospitāle hospitālēs
hospitālīs
hospitālia
Ablative hospitālī hospitālibus
Vocative hospitālis hospitāle hospitālēs hospitālia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: hostal
  • Old French: ostel
    • Bourguignon: hosteau, housteau, oustiau
    • Middle French: hostel
      • French: hôtel (see there for further descendants)
    • Gallo: ostèu
    • Lorrain: eutà, hutaû
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: oustàu
    • Middle Dutch: hosteel
    • Middle English: hostel
    • Italian: ostello
  • Italian: ospedale
  • Sicilian: spitali
  • Catalan: hospital
  • Ligurian: òspitâle
  • Romanian: ospital

References

  • hospitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hospitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hospitalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hospitalis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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