hospita

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hospita (“hostess”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔs.pi.taː/
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  • Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧ta

Noun

hospita f (plural hospita's, diminutive hospitaatje n)

  1. (chiefly Netherlands) landlady
    Synonyms: kostjuffrouw, kostvrouw, kotbazin

Coordinate terms

Latin

Etymology 1

hospit-, stem of hospes +‎ -a

Pronunciation

Noun

hospita f (genitive hospitae); first declension

  1. female equivalent of hospes (“host; guest; stranger”)
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hospita hospitae
genitive hospitae hospitārum
dative hospitae hospitīs
accusative hospitam hospitās
ablative hospitā hospitīs
vocative hospita hospitae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

hospitā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of hospitō

References

  • “hospita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hospita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hospita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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