hospitalia

== Latin == === Etymology === Neuter substantive use of hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host; guest; stranger”) + -ālis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔs.pɪˈtaː.li.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [os.piˈtaː.li.a] === Noun === hospitālia n pl (genitive hospitālium); third declension (plural only) Apartments for guests, guest-chambers, guest accommodation. The dues of hospitality. (of a stage) The two entrances on the right and left for strangers. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “hospitalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press