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hospitor

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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]

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.