hospiticida

Latin

Etymology

hospes (“host" or "guest”) +‎ -cīda

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hos.pi.tiˈkiː.da/, [hɔs̠pɪt̪ɪˈkiːd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.pi.tiˈt͡ʃi.da/, [ospit̪iˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

Noun

hospiticīda m (genitive hospiticīdae); first declension

1. hospiticide (one who kills his guest or host)

Usage notes

• This word appears in Classical Latin only as a gloss for the Ancient Greek ξενοκτόνος (xenoktónos).

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hospiticīda	hospiticīdae
genitive	hospiticīdae	hospiticīdārum
dative	hospiticīdae	hospiticīdīs
accusative	hospiticīdam	hospiticīdās
ablative	hospiticīdā	hospiticīdīs
vocative	hospiticīda	hospiticīdae

References

• “hospiticida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hospiticida in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• hospiticida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.