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Latin
Etymology
From hostis (“enemy”) + -īlis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hostīlis (neuter hostīle, adverb hostīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- hostile
- Synonyms: inimīcus, oblīquus, inīquus, īnfēnsus, adversus, dīversus, āversus, īnfestus
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “hostilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hostilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hostilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.