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hostus1

hostus1

the yield of olive from a single pressing

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. hostus — de Vaan

hostus 'the yield of olive from a single pressing' [m. o] (Cato, Varro) Derivatives: hostire 'to recompense, requite' (PI.+), hostlmentum 'recompense, requital* (PI.+), redhostire 'to requite',(Naev.+); hostia 'sacrificial animal' (P1.+) [fostia in Paul, ex FJ, hostiatus 'provided with a sacrificial victim' (PL). Pit. *xosto~. PIE *ghosto- 'yield*? See Eichner 2002 for a discussion of the attestations of hostus. He … — [de Vaan, s.v. hostus, p. 306]

2. hostus — Lewis & Short

hostus, i, m.perh. a rustic term for haustus,

I the yield of an olive-tree, Cato, R. R. 6, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 2.

3. Hostus — Lewis & Short

Hostus, i, m.,

I a Roman prœnomen, as Hostus Hostilius, Liv. 1, 12; Macr. S. 1, 6: Hostus Lucretius Tricipitinus, Liv. 4, 30 al.

In the wild

6 of 32 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. hostus (scan p. 306; entry #782). Root candidates: *ghosto-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. hostus (scan pp. 325-326; entry #5140).

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