Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 808.hostis on page 808
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hostis enemy
hostis is a Latin Noun that primarily means enemy.
Definitions for hostis
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
an enemy (of the state)
English derivatives:
hostile hostility host
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A foreigner, stranger.
- 2
One engaged in hostile (military) activities against a country, etc., an enemy; (also collect. sg.) (b) an individual citizen regarded as, or declared officially to be, an enemy of the state.
- 3
A personal or private enemy. (b) (applied to beasts of prey or animals with natural antipathies).
Sentences with hostis
Latin to English
Cicerō hostēs ab urbe prohibuit.Compare Cicero kept the enemy away from the city.
Hostēs spērant sē omnēs rēs pūblicās victūros esse.Compare The enemy hope that they will conquer all states.
Heu facinus! non est hostis metuendus amanti; quod credis fidos, effuge, tutus eris.Compare Ah, the reproach of it! no foe need a lover fear; fly those whom you deem faithful, and you will be safe.
Hic est ille situs cui nemo civis neque hostis quibit pro factis reddere opis pretium.Compare Here lies a man whom neither fellow citizen nor foe can ever properly repay for his exploits.
Teneo alius castra; odi hostis: ego urbs et res urbanus tueor.Compare Let others keep the camp; let them hate the enemy: We will take care of the city and the affairs of the city.
Venia civitas peto, civis temeritas bis iam ante eversus, incolumis futurus iterum hostis beneficium.Compare They sought pardon for their state, which had been already twice previously ruined by the rashness of its citizens, and was about to be again safe through the kindness of its enemies.
Primo anceps sum pugna, nequicquam saepe conatus eques Romanus impetus turbo hostis acies.Compare The battle was at first doubtful, the Roman cavalry having made many fruitless attempts to throw the enemy's line into confusion by a charge.
Hostis si quis erit nobis, amet ille puellas: gaudeat in puero, si quis amicus erit.Compare May my enemies love women, may my friends delight in boys.
Declension table for hostis
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | hostis | hostēs |
| Gen. | hostis | hostium / -um |
| Dat. | hostī | hostibus |
| Acc. | hostem | hostēs / -īs |
| Abl. | hoste | hostibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 119.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 808.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "hostis, hostis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/hostis-hostis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 119.hostis, hostis on page 119
