hospitalis

Latin

Etymology

From hospes (“host; guest, stranger”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hos.piˈtaː.lis/, [hɔs̠pɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.piˈta.lis/, [ospiˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

hospitālis (neuter hospitāle, superlative hospitālissimus, adverb hospitāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a host or guest.
2. Of or pertaining to hospitality; providing hospitality or generous towards guests, hospitable.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	hospitālis	hospitāle		hospitālēs	hospitālia
Genitive	hospitālis			hospitālium
Dative	hospitālī			hospitālibus
Accusative	hospitālem	hospitāle		hospitālēs hospitālīs	hospitālia
Ablative	hospitālī			hospitālibus
Vocative	hospitālis	hospitāle		hospitālēs	hospitālia

Derived terms

• hospitāle
• hospitālia
• hospitālitās

• hospitāliter
• inhospitālis

Related terms

Related terms

• hospes
• hospita
• hospitāculum

• hospitātor
• hospiticīda

• hospitiolum
• hospitium

• hospitīvus
• hospitor

Descendants

• Italian: ospitale

• Ligurian: òspitâle

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