host Copy link Outline I. An entertainer1. hospes, ĭtis, m. (Gr. ξένος], denoting the mutual relation of host and guest2. convīvātor (entertainer at table)3. caupoII. An immense number1. multĭtūdo2. agmen, ĭnis, n. (any large body in movement)3. in milit. sense4. sexcenti, ae, a (colloq., and denoting any indefinitely large number)III. The consecrated wafer • host: I. An entertainer: 1. hospes, ĭtis, m. (Gr. ξένος], denoting the mutual relation of host and guest: v. guest): Hor. S. 2, 6, 107: in prose, hospes should only be used = host, where the sense is clear: cf. Cic. Deiot. 3, 8, hospes hospiti (as guest to host) dexteram porrexisti: v. stranger, friend (4). 2. convīvātor (entertainer at table): Liv. 35, 49, med.: Hor. 3. caupo: v. innkeeper. II. An immense number: 1. multĭtūdo: v. multitude. 2. agmen, ĭnis, n. (any large body in movement): a h. of ravens, a. corvorum, Virg. G. 1, 381: a thronging h. of persons coming to welcome him, densissimum et laetissimum obviorum a., Suet. Cal. 13: v. train. So also exāmen (= exagmen): Hor. Od. 1, 35, 31. 3. in milit. sense: cōpiae magnae, ingentes, tantae ... quantae (so vast a h. as ...): v. forces, army. 4. sexcenti, ae, a (colloq., and denoting any indefinitely large number): a h. of letters, s. epistolae, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3: trecenti is also used in same sense: cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 12, ohe! trecentos inseris, you are taking on board a regular host! Pl. III. The consecrated wafer: *hostia (lit. victim): Hook's Ch. Dict.
HOST Copy link • HOSThospes (who receives friends under his roof): convivator or cenae pater (who gives a party): caupo (publican). To reckon without one’s host, spe frustrari. Army, exercitus, etc., Vid: Consecrated wafer, panis eucharisticus (ecclesiastical).