Latin

Noun

hostia f ‎(genitive hostiae); first declension

1. sacrifice, offering
2. victim

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: host
• Dutch: hostie
• French: hostie
• Italian: ostia
• Portuguese: hóstia
• Russian: гостия ‎(gostija)
• Spanish: hostia

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hostia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Polish

Etymology

From Latin hostia ‎(“victim, sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɔstʲia]

Noun

hostia f

1. host; communion wafer

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hostia ‎(“victim, sacrifice”).

Noun

hostia f ‎(plural hostias)

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

Interjection

¡hostia!

1. (vulgar) jeez (expression of surprise)

Synonyms

• hostias

Derived terms

• hostiar