hostia

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See also: hóstia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

hostia f (genitive hostiae); first declension

  1. sacrifice, offering
  2. victim

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

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

Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hostia (victim, sacrifice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): //ˈxɔs.tja// invalid IPA characters (//)
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Noun

hostia f

  1. host; communion wafer

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hostia (victim, sacrifice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈostja/ [ˈos.t̪ja]

Noun

hostia f (plural hostias)

  1. communion, communion wafer, wafer, host (religious token)
  2. (vulgar, Spain) a punch or a slap

Interjection

¡hostia!

  1. (vulgar, Spain) jeez (expression of surprise)
  2. (vulgar, Spain) fuck!

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