hostis

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

ennemi

invité

hôte

convive

Synonymes

hospes

colluctator

inimicus

inimīcus

adversarius

hostēs

Traductions

enemy

Feind

enemigo

vijand

inimigo

enemic

nemico

foe

ospite

guest

Gast

convidat

convitato

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈhɔs.tɪs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.").