hospitor

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈhɔs.pɪ.tɔr]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔs.pi.tor]^[1]

Forms

hospitor (present infinitive hospitārī, perfect active hospitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^[1]

Etymology

It is from hospes “guest, host” with the verb suffix ⟨-or⟩, and the TLL compares Greek ⟨ξενίζομαι⟩.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Seneca, used figuratively.^[2] Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant to be a guest, put up, lodge as a guest, and figuratively to dwell for a time, as in Seneca.^[2][5] Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan, and the Theodosian Code uses it.^[5][6]

It survives in Spanish and Portuguese hospedar “to lodge”.^[1]

Timeline

• 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^[2][4]

Meanings

Verb

1. To lodge as a guest.^[2]
2. To dwell for a time.^[2]

Related words

• hospes
• hospitium
• hospitālis

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.