Hostilius

== Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔsˈtiː.li.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [osˈtiː.li.us] === Proper noun === Hostīlius m sg (genitive Hostīliī or Hostīlī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Hostus Hostilius, a Roman nobleman Tullus Hostilius, king of Rome ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Hostīlia === Adjective === Hostīlius (feminine Hostīlia, neuter Hostīlium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Hostīlius. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Hostilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hostilius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.