hostia

See also: hòstia, hóstia, and hostią

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰostiyo-, from *ǵʰes- (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhos.ti.a/, [ˈhɔs̠t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ti.a/, [ˈɔst̪iä]

Noun

hostia f (genitive hostiae); first declension

1. sacrifice, offering
2. victim, sacrificial animal
3. (Christianity) host, The consecrated bread

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hostia	hostiae
Genitive	hostiae	hostiārum
Dative	hostiae	hostiīs
Accusative	hostiam	hostiās
Ablative	hostiā	hostiīs
Vocative	hostia	hostiae

Descendants

• English: host
• Catalan: hòstia
• Dutch: hostie
• French: hostie
• Galician: hostia
• German: Hostie
• Icelandic: hostía
• Greek: όστια (óstia)
• Italian: ostia
• Polish: hostia
• Portuguese: hóstia
• Romanian: hostie
• Russian: гостия (gostija)
• Sicilian: ostia
• Spanish: hostia

References

• “hostia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hostia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hostia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• hostia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
    
• “hostia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hostia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hostia.

Noun

hostia f

1. (Christianity) communion wafer, Eucharist, host (substances)

   Synonyms: eucharystia, komunia, komunikant

Declension

Declension of hostia

	singular	plural
nominative	hostia	hostie
genitive	hostii	hostii/hostyj (archaic)
dative	hostii	hostiom
accusative	hostię	hostie
instrumental	hostią	hostiami
locative	hostii	hostiach
vocative	hostio	hostie

Further reading

• hostia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hostia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

Early borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin hostia (“host, consecrated bread ← victim, sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈostja/ [ˈos.t̪ja]

Noun

hostia f (plural hostias)

1. (Catholicism) communion wafer, host
2. (vulgar, Spain) punch, slap

   Synonyms: golpe, trastazo, bofetada

3. (vulgar, Spain) the shit (the best of its kind)

   ¡Estas uvas son la hostia! ― These grapes are the shit!

   Synonym: leche

Descendants

• → Cebuano: ostiya

Interjection

¡hostia!

1. (vulgar, Spain) jeez (expression of surprise)

   Synonyms: ¡joder!, (only for negative situations) ¡mierda!

2. (vulgar, Spain) fuck!

Alternative forms

• hostias, ¡hostias!

Verb

hostia

1. inflection of hostiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “hostia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014