guest Copy link Outline I. One who is lodging from home1. hospes, ĭtis, m., f. hospĭta (the g. of a friend2. adventorII. One who is present at an entertainment1. convīva2. umbra (an uninvited g., brought by one of the company) • guest: I. One who is lodging from home: 1. hospes, ĭtis, m., f. hospĭta (the g. of a friend: also in gen. sense, a foreign friend): to receive a g., h. recipere, Cic.: a man of many g.s (an inn-keeper), homo multorum h., Cic. Clu. 59, 163: a g. who is a great joker, not a great eater, non multi cibi h., multi joci, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, extr. 2. adventor: used by Apul. of the g.s of an inn-keeper: Met. 1. 7. Phr.: to be a g., hospĭtor, 1: Cod. Theod. cf. Sen. Ep. 31, fin., deum in humano corpore hospitantem, deity dwelling as a g. within the human body: a g.-chamber, hospitale cubiculum, Liv. 1, 58, init.; also hospitium, Suet. Ner. 47: the murder of a g., hospitalis caedes. Liv. 25, 18, med. II. One who is present at an entertainment: 1. convīva: a well-satisfied g., c. satur, Hor. S. 1, 1, 119: (Pelops) g. at the table of the gods, c. deorum, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 7: Cic. (Also the subs. convivium is used [meton.] in later writers for the guests: the g.s become silent, conticescere convivia, Plin. 28, 2, 5 § 27: Sen.) 2. umbra (an uninvited g., brought by one of the company): Hor. S. 2, 8, 22: Pl. Phr.: to be a g. (attend an entertainment), convivari, Cic.: Suet.: one who is a daily g. of another, convictor, Hor. S. 1, 4, 96. Suet.