hospita

Borrowed from Latin hospita (“hostess”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔs.pi.taː/

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• Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧ta

hospita f (plural hospita's, diminutive hospitaatje n)

1. (chiefly Netherlands) landlady

   Synonyms: kostjuffrouw, kostvrouw, kotbazin

• hospes
• huisbaas

• hospes
• hospice
• hospitaal

hospit-, stem of hospes +‎ -a

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhos.pi.ta/, [ˈhɔs̠pɪt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.pi.ta/, [ˈɔspit̪ä]

hospita f (genitive hospitae); first declension

1. female equivalent of hospes (“host; guest; stranger”)

First-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhos.pi.taː/, [ˈhɔs̠pɪt̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.pi.ta/, [ˈɔspit̪ä]

hospitā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of hospitō

• “hospita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hospita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hospita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.