adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
hosticus
hosticus (feminine hostica, neuter hosticum)
Meaning
- adjectiveof or belonging to an enemy, hostile
- adjectiveof a foreigner, strange, foreign
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hosticus | hostica | hosticum |
| genitive | hosticī | hosticae | hosticī |
| dative | hosticō | hosticae | hosticō |
| accusative | hosticum | hosticam | hosticum |
| ablative | hosticō | hosticā | hosticō |
| vocative | hostice | hostica | hosticum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hosticī | hosticae | hostica |
| genitive | hosticōrum | hosticārum | hosticōrum |
| dative | hosticīs | hosticīs | hosticīs |
| accusative | hosticōs | hosticās | hostica |
| ablative | hosticīs | hosticīs | hosticīs |
| vocative | hosticī | hosticae | hostica |
hostĭcus, a, um, adj. hostis.
I. Of or belonging to an enemy, hostile (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
not in Cic. or Cæs.): ager, Liv. 44, 13: tellus, Ov. P. 1, 3, 65: moenia, Hor. C. 3, 2, 6: vindemia, Ov. F. 4, 893: manus, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 49; 2, 2, 61: ensis, Hor. S. 1, 9, 31: incursiones, Col. praef. § 19: tumultus, Flor. 3, 10, 17.—In neutr. as subst.: hostĭcum, i, the enemy's territory: castra in hostico incuriose posita, Liv. 8, 38, 2: raptae ex hostico messes, Plin. Pan. 29, 3: transire in hosticum, Eum. Pan. ad Constant. 13; also enmity: hosticum spirare, Tert. Mag. 35.—II. Of or belonging to a stranger, strange, foreign:
hosticum hoc mihi domiciliumst, Athenis domus est, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hosticus adj.
hostis, of an enemy, hostile : tellus, O.: moenia, H.—As subst n . (sc. solum): castra in hostico posita, L.
Origins
From hostis + -icus.
Descendants
- Italianostico