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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger”).
Noun
*hostis m[1]
- stranger, guest
Inflection
| i-stemDeclension of *hostis (i-stem)
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| case
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*hostis
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*hostēs
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| vocative
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*hostis
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*hostēs
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| accusative
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*hostim
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*hostins
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| genitive
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*hosteis
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*hostjom
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| dative
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*hostei
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*hostiβos
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| ablative
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*hostīd
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*hostiβos
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| locative
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*hostei
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*hostiβos
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Descendants
- Latin: hostis (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hostis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
