hospitor Latin · revision 8542

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=la hospes}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈhɔs.pɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔs.pi.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hospitor''' (present infinitive hospitārī, perfect active hospitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[hospes]] “guest, host” with the verb suffix ⟨-or⟩, and the TLL compares Greek ⟨ξενίζομαι⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Seneca, used figuratively.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to be a guest, put up, lodge as a guest, and figuratively to dwell for a time, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan, and the Theodosian Code uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ It survives in Spanish and Portuguese ''hospedar'' “to lodge”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lodge as a guest.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To dwell for a time.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hospes]]

+ * [[hospitium]]

+ * [[hospitālis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}