hospitalis

hospĭtālis, e, adj. [hospes], of or relating to a guest or host, hospitable, xenios, xenikos.

I.

Lit.

A.

Adj. (class.):

illam ipsam sedem hospitalem, in quam erit deductus, publicam populi Romani esse dicet,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 46:

deversorium,

Liv. 21, 63 fin.:

cubiculum,

guest-chamber, id. 1, 58:

beneficia,

id. 2, 14 fin.:

aves,

set before a guest, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

cena Augusti,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

umbra,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 10:

tessera,

which guests gave to the host, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 87 sq.; cf. ib. 5, 1, 25:

Juppiter,

the patron of hospitality, Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 3 al.; cf.

deus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 25:

non dubitavit illud insigne Penatium hospitaliumque deorum ex hospitali mensa tollere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48: fulmina, of Jupiter hospitalis, Sen. Q. N. 2, 49:

caedes,

the murder of a guest, Liv. 25, 18, 7:

TABVLA,

i. e. a municipal decree for the reception of a guest, Inscr. Grut. 456, 1:

Theophrastus scribit, Cimonem Athenis etiam in suos curiales Laciadas hospitalem fuisse,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64; cf.:

homo qui semper hospitalissimus amicissimusque nostrorum hominum existimatus esset (shortly before: cum suae partes essent hospitum recipiendorum),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65:

tua illa Venus,

id. Cael. 21, 52:

tibi hospitale pectus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 49:

nihil hospitalius mari (Campaniae): hospitalem hostem appellare,

Liv. 25, 18, 8:

hinc illi nobiles portus Cajeta, Misenus, etc.,

Flor. 1, 16:

appulsus litorum,

Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118.—

B.

Subst.

1.

hospĭtālis, is, m., a guest: injuriae potestatum in hospitales ad visendum venientium, Hipponenses in necem ejus (delphini) compulerunt, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 26.—

2.

hospĭtālia, ium, n.

a.

Apartments for guests, guest-chambers, Vitr. 6, 10.—

b.

On the stage, the two entrances on the right and left for strangers, Vitr. 5, 7.—

c.

(Sc. jura.) The dues of hospitality, Liv. 42, 24 fin. —

II.

Transf., of things: ut in Fucino lacu invectus amnis, in Lario Addua, etc.... in Lemanno Rhodanus: hic trans Alpes superiores in Italia multorum milium transitu hospitales suas tantum nec largiores quam intulere aquas evehentes, foreign, i. e. that flow through without mingling, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224; 17, 10, 14, § 69. —Hence, adv.: hospĭtālĭter, hospitably, as a guest:

invitati hospitaliter per domos,

Liv. 1, 9, 9:

vocare (opp. hostiliter),

id. 6, 26, 3:

excipere aliquem,

Curt. 7, 6 med.:

ingredi ad deos Penates,

Just. 8, 3.