hostorium

Latin

Etymology

From hostiō (“I make even”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hosˈtoː.ri.um/, [hɔs̠ˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /osˈto.ri.um/, [osˈt̪ɔːrium]

Noun

hostōrium n (genitive hostōriī or hostōrī); second declension

1. a strickle (tool used to level grein)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hostōrium	hostōria
Genitive	hostōriī hostōrī1	hostōriōrum
Dative	hostōriō	hostōriīs
Accusative	hostōrium	hostōria
Ablative	hostōriō	hostōriīs
Vocative	hostōrium	hostōria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “hostorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hostorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.