hostia

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰostiyo-, from *ǵʰes- (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhos.ti.a/, [ˈhɔs.ti.a]

Noun

hostia f (genitive hostiae); first declension

1. sacrifice, offering
2. victim

References

• hostia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hostia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hostia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hostia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
    
• hostia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hostia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From Latin hostia (“victim, sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.stja/

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Noun

hostia f

1. host; communion wafer

Etymology

From Latin hostia (“victim, sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈostja/, [ˈost̪ja]

Noun

hostia f (plural hostias)

1. communion, communion wafer, wafer, host (religious token)

Interjection

¡hostia!

1. (vulgar) jeez (expression of surprise)

Derived terms

• hostiar