hostis

Significat (Anglès)

1. (declension-3, feminine, masculine) an enemy of the state, an enemy, a hostile, opponent, foe
2. (declension-3, feminine, masculine, plural, plural-only) the enemy

Conceptes

enemic

convidat

hoste

invitat

visitant

Sinònims

hospes

colluctator

inimicus

inimīcus

adversarius

hostēs

Traduccions

enemy

ennemi

Feind

inimigo

enemigo

vijand

nemico

invité

Gast

ospite

foe

guest

hôte

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈhɔs.tɪs]

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”), whence also Proto-Germanic *gastiz (English guest) and Proto-Slavic *gostь. Varro (de lingua latina 5.4) confirms this: tum eō verbō dīcēbant peregrīnum …, nunc dīcunt eum quem tum dīcēbant perduellem. ("Back then this word meant a stranger, today it means the same as perduellis - an enemy of the state.").