hospitaticum

Forms

hospitāticum n (genitive hospitāticī); second declension^[1][2]

Etymology

It is from Latin hospitō (“to be received as a guest; to take quarters”),^[3][2] and the MLW refers it to hospes (“guest, host”).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its first sources are the Lombard laws:^[2] in the pact of Arechis, prince of Benevento, with the Neapolitans, disputed land is divided into thirds, one taken by the Neapolitan side “pro ipsa hospitatica”,^[1][4] land held on the principle of hospitality that barbarian settlers enjoyed.^[3][1]

Semantic evolution

Besides land settled under the law of hospitality, it named a due for the use of public lodgings meant for travellers.^[3][2] Du Cange read it, in a diploma of a King Henry for the abbey of Tournus, where it stands beside navaticum, salutaticum and rotaticum, as the right to demand lodging and provisions.^[4]

Timeline

• c. 880 – A charter of Carloman, king of the Franks, forbids public judges to demand hospitaticum, montaticum or rotaticum from the free and unfree dependants of a place.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. Land divided on the principle of hospitality; a barbarian settlement based on hospitalitas.^[3][1]
2. A due for the use of public lodgings for travellers; the right to demand lodging.^[3][4][2]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
2. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
3. ^ a b c d e Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
4. ^ a b c d du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre