hostus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *hostos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰós-tos (“hand”), from *ǵʰes- (“hand”). Cognate with Sanskrit हस्त (hásta, “hand”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀 (zasta, “hand”). Related to Latin hostia (“victim”). === Noun === hostus m (genitive hostī); second declension The yield of an olive tree ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === 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.