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|lshtext=<b>hospĕs</b>: ĭtis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. [[hospitium]], Liv. 4, 35, 4), m.; hospĭta, ae, f. (cf. [[antistita]] from [[antistes]], sospita from [[sospes]], sacerdota from [[sacerdos]], etc., [[but]] [[hospes]], f., Att. ap. Non. 279, 11; Trag. Fragm. v. 51 Rib.: [[hospes]] [[amica]], Ov. F. 6, 510: [[Aurora]], Stat. Th. 6, 272; Sen. Agam. 318 al.) [= hostipets, [[hostis]], a [[stranger]]; pa-, [[root]] of [[pasco]], [[pater]], to [[feed]], [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> He [[who]] entertains a [[stranger]], a [[host]] (one [[who]] entertains [[gratuitously]], as a [[friend]]: [[caupo]], one [[who]] entertains for [[pay]]); form [[hospes]]: alterum ad cauponem devertisse, ad hospitem alterum, Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; so id. Fin. 5, 2, 4: tendimus [[hinc]] [[recta]] [[Beneventum]], ubi [[sedulus]] [[hospes]] Paene macros, arsit, dum turdos versat in igne, etc., Hor. S. 1, 5, 71: [[succinctus]], id. ib. 2, 6, 107: [[amabilis]], id. Ep. 2, 2, 132: hospitis affectu salutare, [[with]] a [[host]]'s [[politeness]], Juv. 8, 161.—Esp., one [[upon]] whom soldiers are quartered, Tac. H. 2, 66; 3, 41.—Hence [[repeated]] of [[both]] [[host]] and [[guest]]: per dexteram istam te oro, [[quam]] regi Deiotaro [[hospes]] hospiti porrexisti, Cic. Deiot. 3, 8; so, non [[hospes]] ab hospite [[tutus]], Ov. M. 1, 144: [[Juppiter]], = [[hospitalis]], id. ib. 10, 224.—Fem., [[hospita]], she [[who]] entertains a [[guest]], a [[hostess]]: [[femina]] primaria, Servilia, vetere Dionis [[hospita]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24: [[figura]] et lineamenta hospitae, id. ib. 2, 2, 36, § 89: Helene, Hor. C. 1, 15, 2.—In [[late]] Lat., for a [[concubine]], Inscr. Orell. 2669; 4996. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A sojourner, [[visitor]], [[guest]], [[friend]], [[ξένος]]>. Lit.: in [[domo]] clari hominis, in [[quam]] et hospites multi recipiendi et admittenda hominum cujusque modi [[multitudo]], Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139: libri [[inter]] Cratippi commentarios [[tamquam]] hospites recipiendi, id. ib. 3, 33, 121: recipere hospites, id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 65: accipere hospitem, id. Fam. 9, 26 fin.: non hospites, sed peregrini [[atque]] advenae, id. Agr. 2, 34, 94: habuisses non hospitem, sed contubernalem, id. Fam. 9, 20, 1: et hostem et hospitem vidit, id. Div. 2, 37, 79; 6, 6, 2: is qui [[nuper]] Romae fuit [[Menedemus]] [[hospes]] [[meus]], id. de Or. 1, 19, 85; cf. id. Lael. 7, 24: [[Polybius]] [[noster]] [[hospes]], id. Rep. 4, 3: id [[factum]] ex suis hospitibus [[Caesar]] cognoverat, Caes. B. G. 5, 6, 2: in suos [[notos]] hospitesque quaerebant, id. B. C. 1, 74, 5: [[hospes]] familiae vestrae, Cic. Lael. 11, 36: [[homo]] multorum hospitum, id. Clu. 59, 163: mihi seu [[longum]] [[post]] [[tempus]] venerat [[hospes]] Sive, etc., Hor. S. 2, 2, 118: si [[vespertinus]] [[subito]] te oppresserit [[hospes]], id. ib. 2, 4, 17: hospite venturo, cessabit [[nemo]] tuorum, Juv. 14, 59: in officiis [[apud]] majores ita observatum est: [[primum]] tutelae, [[deinde]] hospiti, [[deinde]] clienti, tum cognato, [[postea]] adfini, Sabin. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 5.—In fem.: meamne hic in via hospitam, Quae [[heri]] huc Athenis cum hospite advenit meo, etc., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 8; id. ib. 71; Ter. And. 2, 6, 8; Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Opp. to a [[native]], a [[stranger]], [[foreigner]] (syn.: [[advena]], [[peregrinus]], [[peregrinator]], [[alienus]]): adeone [[hospes]] hujusce urbis, adeone [[ignarus]] es disciplinae consuetudinisque nostrae, ut haec nescias? Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 28: nec [[peregrinus]] [[atque]] [[hospes]] in agendo, id. de Or. 1, 50, 218: nos in nostra urbe peregrinantes errantesque [[tamquam]] hospites tui libri [[quasi]] domum deduxerunt, id. Ac. 1, 3, 9.—So in addressing a [[foreigner]], [[like]] the Gr. ξένε, [[stranger]]: cum ([[Theophrastus]]) percontaretur ex [[anicula]] quadam, quanti aliquid venderet, et respondisset [[illa]] [[atque]] addidisset, Hospes, non [[pote]] minoris: tulisse eum [[moleste]], se non effugere hospitis speciem, cum aetatem ageret Athenis optimeque loqueretur, id. Brut. 46, 172; Quint. 8, 1, 2: dic, [[hospes]], Spartae, nos te hic vidisse jacentes, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 42, 101 (a transl. of the Gr. Ὦ ξεῖν, ἀγγέλλειν Αακεδαιμονίοις, etc., [[Herod]]. 7, 228): [[hospes]], [[quid]] miras curare Serapin? Varr. ap. Non. 480, 30; Prop. 4, 1, 1.—Fem., [[hospita]], a [[female]] [[stranger]]: hanc hospitam [[crepidula]] ut [[graphice]] [[decet]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Hence, a [[stranger]] in [[any]] [[matter]], [[ignorant]] of, [[unacquainted]] [[with]]: si erit [[idem]] in consuetudine civitatis [[hospes]], Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131: vos ignoretis, vos hospites in hac urbe versamini, id. Mil. 12, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Of inanim. or abstr. things adjectively, [[hospitable]]; [[strange]], [[foreign]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form [[hospes]] ([[only]] in [[post]]-Aug. poets): [[gemma]], Pall. Insit. init.: tecta, etc., Stat. Th. 12, 479: [[cymba]], id. S. 5, 1, 252: [[honor]], Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 650.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form [[hospita]] (in the fem. and neutr. plur. [[mostly]] [[poet]].): hirundines hospitae, Varr. ap. Arn. 6, 207: [[navis]], Ov. F. 1, 340: quo tutior [[hospita]] lustres Aequora, Verg. A. 3, 377: conjunx [[hospita]] [[Teucris]], id. ib. 6, 93: [[terra]] [[hospita]], id. ib. 3, 539: tecta, Val. Fl. 2, 650: flumina, Stat. Th. 4, 842: litora [[mundo]], id. S. 3, 5, 75: [[unda]] plaustris, [[bearing]] wagons on its [[frozen]] [[surface]], Verg. G. 3, 362: vina, Val. Fl. 1, 44.