hospitaliter

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [hɔs.pɪˈtaː.lɪ.tɛr]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [os.piˈtaː.li.ter]^[1]

Forms

hospitāliter (not comparable)^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”) + -ter, from hospes (“host, guest”).^[2][1] ⟨hospes⟩ is, according to de Vaan, a compound of hostis (“stranger, enemy”) and the root of potis (“able”), from Proto-Italic *xostipot-.^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Livy.^[4][5] Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant in a hospitable manner, as in Livy, and in Justin as a guest.^[2][5]

Timeline

• 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^[5][4]

Meanings

Adverb

1. In a hospitable manner.^[2]
2. As a guest.^[5]

Related words

• hospes
• hospitālis
• hospitium

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c d Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.