Hostus

== Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɔs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.tus] === Proper noun === Hostus m (genitive Hostī); second declension a masculine praenomen, famously held by: Hostus Hostilius, a companion of Romulus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === See also === === References === “Hostus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hostus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.