hospitalitas Latin · revision 8875

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [hɔs.pɪˈtaː.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [os.piˈtaː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hospitālitās''' ''f'' (genitive hospitālitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[hospitālis]] “of a guest, hospitable” with the suffix [[-tās]], from [[hospes]] “host, guest”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite Cicero, who says that Theophrastus rightly praised hospitality.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the entertainment of guests, hospitableness, as in Cicero and Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Macrobius used it for the condition of a stranger.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for hospitality and its provision, and Bede and Arbeo use it.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010) It survives in Italian ''ospitalità'' and Spanish ''hospitalidad'', and through Old French ''ospitalité'' it gave [[en|hospitality]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''hospitality'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Hospitality]], the entertainment of guests.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The condition of a stranger.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hospes]]

+ * [[hospita]]

+ * [[hospitāculum]]

+ * [[hospitālia]]

+ * [[hospitālis]]

+ * [[hospitāliter]]

+ * [[hospitātor]]

+ * [[hospiticīda]]

+ * [[hospitiolum]]

+ * [[hospitium]]

+ * [[en|hospitality]]

+ * [[en|host]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}