hospitalia

Latin

Etymology

Neuter substantive use of hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host; guest; stranger”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hos.piˈtaː.li.a/, [hɔs̠pɪˈt̪äːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.piˈta.li.a/, [ospiˈt̪äːliä]

Noun

hospitālia n pl (genitive hospitālium); third declension (plural only)

1. Apartments for guests, guest-chambers, guest accommodation.
2. The dues of hospitality.
3. (of a stage) The two entrances on the right and left for strangers.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	hospitālia
Genitive	hospitālium
Dative	hospitālibus
Accusative	hospitālia
Ablative	hospitālibus
Vocative	hospitālia

Related terms

• hospes
• hospita
• hospitāculum
• hospitālis
• hospitālitās
• hospitāliter
• hospitātor
• hospiticīda
• hospitiolum
• hospitium
• hospitīvus
• hospitor

References

• “hospitalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press