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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
- Of or pertaining to a host or guest.
- Of or pertaining to hospitality; providing hospitality or generous towards guests, hospitable.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
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