Hostus

See also: hostus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhos.tus/, [ˈhɔs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tus/, [ˈɔst̪us]

Proper noun

Hostus m (genitive Hostī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen, famously held by:

   Hostus Hostilius, a companion of Romulus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Hostus	Hostī
genitive	Hostī	Hostōrum
dative	Hostō	Hostīs
accusative	Hostum	Hostōs
ablative	Hostō	Hostīs
vocative	Hoste	Hostī

References

• “Hostus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hostus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.