hostilis

Latin

Etymology

From hostis (“enemy”) +‎ -īlis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hosˈtiː.lis/, [hɔs̠ˈt̪iːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /osˈti.lis/, [osˈt̪iːlis]

Adjective

hostīlis (neuter hostīle, adverb hostīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. hostile

   Synonyms: inimīcus, oblīquus, inīquus, īnfēnsus, adversus, dīversus, āversus, īnfestus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	hostīlis	hostīle		hostīlēs	hostīlia
Genitive	hostīlis			hostīlium
Dative	hostīlī			hostīlibus
Accusative	hostīlem	hostīle		hostīlēs hostīlīs	hostīlia
Ablative	hostīlī			hostīlibus
Vocative	hostīlis	hostīle		hostīlēs	hostīlia

Derived terms

• hostīlitās
• hostīliter

Related terms

• hostis

Descendants

• Catalan: hostil
• → English: hostile
• French: hostile
• Friulian: ostîl
• Galician: hostil
• Italian: ostile
• Occitan: ostil
• Piedmontese: ostil
• Portuguese: hostil
• Romanian: ostil
• Spanish: hostil

References

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