Hostus

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhos.tus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tus/,

Proper noun

Hostus m (genitive Hostī); second declension

A masculine praenomen, famously held by:
Hostus Hostilius, a companion of Romulus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Hostus	Hostī
genitive	Hostī	Hostōrum
dative	Hostō	Hostīs
accusative	Hostum	Hostōs
ablative	Hostō	Hostīs
vocative	Hoste	Hostī

References

“Hostus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hostus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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