LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

hospitālitās

hospitālitās f (genitive hospitālitātis)
Classical[hɔs.pɪˈtaː.lɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[os.piˈtaː.li.tas]

Meaning

  1. The entertainment and hospitable reception of guests; hospitality.
  2. The state of being a guest or foreigner, sojourning.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehospitālitāshospitālitātēs
genitivehospitālitātishospitālitātum
dativehospitālitātīhospitālitātibus
accusativehospitālitātemhospitālitātēs
ablativehospitālitātehospitālitātibus
vocativehospitālitāshospitālitātēs

hospĭtālĭtas, ātis, f. hospitalis.
I. Hospitality: recte etiam a Theophrasto est laudata hospitalitas, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64; Mart. 4, 64, 28.—*
II. A being a guest, i. e. a living in a foreign country, a sojourning: lege temporalis hospitalitatis, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 21, § 34.

Origins

From hospitālis (“hospitable”) + -tās, from hospes (“host; guest; stranger”) + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Catalanhospitalitat
  • Frenchhospitalité
  • Italianospitalità
  • Portuguesehospitalidade
  • Romanianospitalitate
  • Spanishhospitalidad
  • Galicianhospitalidade

In English words that came into English from hospitālitās

  • hospitalityhospitālitās

Quick answers

What does hospitālitās mean in Latin?
hospitālitās, a noun, means “The entertainment and hospitable reception of guests; hospitality.; The state of being a guest or foreigner, sojourning.”.
What is the genitive of hospitālitās?
The genitive singular is hospitālitātis. hospitālitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce hospitālitās?
In classical Latin, [hɔs.pɪˈtaː.lɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [os.piˈtaː.li.tas].