hosticus

hosticus

Latin

Etymology

    From hostis + -icus.

    Adjective

    hosticus (feminine hostica, neuter hosticum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. of or belonging to an enemy, hostile
    2. of a foreigner, strange, foreign

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hosticus hostica hosticum hosticī hosticae hostica
    genitive hosticī hosticae hosticī hosticōrum hosticārum hosticōrum
    dative hosticō hosticae hosticō hosticīs
    accusative hosticum hosticam hosticum hosticōs hosticās hostica
    ablative hosticō hosticā hosticō hosticīs
    vocative hostice hostica hosticum hosticī hosticae hostica

    Descendants

    • Italian: ostico

    References

    • hosticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • hosticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "hosticus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • hosticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.