hospiticida
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hospes (“host" or "guest”) + -cīda
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hos.pi.tiˈkiː.da/, [hɔs̠pɪt̪ɪˈkiːd̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /os.pi.tiˈt͡ʃi.da/, [ospit̪iˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]
Noun
[edit]hospiticīda m (genitive hospiticīdae); first declension
- hospiticide (one who kills his guest or host)
Usage notes
[edit]- This word appears in Classical Latin only as a gloss for the Ancient Greek ξενοκτόνος (xenoktónos).
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hospiticīda | hospiticīdae |
genitive | hospiticīdae | hospiticīdārum |
dative | hospiticīdae | hospiticīdīs |
accusative | hospiticīdam | hospiticīdās |
ablative | hospiticīdā | hospiticīdīs |
vocative | hospiticīda | hospiticīdae |
References
[edit]- “hospiticida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hospiticida 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)
- hospiticida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.