hostis

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

nemico

ospite

convitato

invitato

avversario

sinonimi

hospes

colluctator

inimicus

inimīcus

adversarius

hostēs

Traduzioni

enemy

ennemi

Feind

vijand

enemigo

inimigo

enemic

foe

guest

invité

Gast

convidat

hôte

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈhɔs.tɪs]

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.").