LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

hospitīvus

hospitīvus (feminine hospitīva, neuter hospitīvum)
Classical[hɔs.pɪˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[os.piˈtiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf or pertaining to a host.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehospitīvushospitīvahospitīvum
genitivehospitīvīhospitīvaehospitīvī
dativehospitīvōhospitīvaehospitīvō
accusativehospitīvumhospitīvamhospitīvum
ablativehospitīvōhospitīvāhospitīvō
vocativehospitīvehospitīvahospitīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehospitīvīhospitīvaehospitīva
genitivehospitīvōrumhospitīvārumhospitīvōrum
dativehospitīvīshospitīvīshospitīvīs
accusativehospitīvōshospitīvāshospitīva
ablativehospitīvīshospitīvīshospitīvīs
vocativehospitīvīhospitīvaehospitīva

hospĭtīvus, a, um, adj. hospes,
I. of or belonging to a host: viridaria, his host's, Spart. Hadr. 12, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
  4. Proto-Italic*hostipotis
  5. Latinhospitīvus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin īvus Latin hospitīvus From hospes (“host; guest; stranger”) + īvus.

Quick answers

What does hospitīvus mean in Latin?
hospitīvus, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to a host.”.
How do you pronounce hospitīvus?
In classical Latin, [hɔs.pɪˈtiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [os.piˈtiː.vus].
Where does hospitīvus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis → Proto-Indo-European *pótis → Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis → Proto-Italic *hostipotis → Latin hospitīvus.