The corpus record — Latin

hospitor

to be a guest

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Where it lives

De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 2 · 0.17/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

hospĭtor — Lewis & Short

hospĭtor, ātus, 1,

I v. dep. n. [id.], to be a guest, to put up, lodge, sojourn as a guest (post-Aug.).

I Lit.: mensores postibus hospitaturi nomen ascribunt, Cod. Th. 7, 8, 4; Petr. 77, 4.—

B Transf. (cf. hospitalis, II.): Gangem in quodam lacu hospitari; inde lenem fluere, Plin. 6, 18, 22, § 65: castanea translata nescit hospitari pavetque novitatem, id. 17, 20, 34, § 149.—

II Trop.: quid aliud voces animum quam deum in humano corpore hospitantem, Sen. Ep. 31; id. Vit. Beat. 23.

In the wild

hospitari Petronius, Satyricon 77
hospitaretur Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 17_18.108.19
hospitentur Seneca, De Vita Beata 7.23.3
hospitari Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.22.p5
hospitantem Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 4.31.11.p1
hospitari Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.20.p4

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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