inhospitus
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
Latin > English
inhospitus inhospita, inhospitum ADJ :: not welcoming strangers, not providing shelter/subsistence; inhospitable
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĭn-hospĭtus: a, um, adj.,
I inhospitable.
I Adj.: tecta, Ov. M. 15, 15: Syrtis, Verg. A. 4, 41: saxa, id. ib. 5, 627: deserta et inhospita tesqua, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 19: terra Baccho, i.e. not bearing the vine, Sil. 1, 237. —
II Subst.: ĭnhospĭta, ōrum, n. plur., inhospitable regions: tanta inter inhospita, Sil. 4, 753: per inhospita ducere vitam, id. 6, 308.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĭnhospĭtus,¹⁴ a, um, inhospitalier : Virg. En. 4, 41 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 19 || inhospita, n. pl., contrées inhospitalières : Sil. 4, 753 || [fig.] non inhospita Baccho terra Sil. 1, 237, sol tout à fait accueillant à la vigne.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-hospitus, a, um, ungastlich, unwirtlich, tecta, Ov.: Syrtis, Verg.: haec (Icaros) est inhospita, Solin.: loci facies inhospita solibus, Itin. Alex.: gens inh. et bellicosa, Solin.: poet., terra Baccho, wo kein Wein wächst, Sil. 1, 237. – subst., inhospita, ōrum, n., unwirtliche Gegenden, Sil. 4, 751 u. 6, 308.
