hospitiolum Latin · revision 9681

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [hɔs.pɪˈti.ɔ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [os.pitˈt͡siː.o.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hospitiolum''' ''n'' (genitive hospitiolī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|hospitium|-olum|t1=hospitality, lodging]], a diminutive, from [[m|la|hospes|t=host, guest]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨hospes⟩ is, according to de Vaan, a compound of [[m|la|hostis|t=stranger, enemy]] and the root of [[m|la|potis|t=able]], from [[itc-pro|*xostipot-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short call it Late Latin, citing Jerome's letters, and Köbler also cites Ulpian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Jerome c. 383–419/420 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a small guest room, a little lodging or inn.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was a small dwelling and an inn, also as ''hostiolum''.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for modest lodgings.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 383–419/420 AD – Jerome uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small guest room; a little [[m|en|lodging]], inn.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A small dwelling.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hospitium]]

+ * [[hospes]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}