hosae

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed either from Frankish *hosā (covering for the legs) or from another Germanic language. Already attested by Isidore of Seville in the sixth century.

Noun

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hosae f pl (genitive hosārum); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. (plural only) pants, trousers
  2. (plural only, military) armour that protects the leg, gaiters, greaves

Declension

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First-declension noun, plural only.

Descendants

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References

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  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “hosae”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 500