hosticus

hostĭcus, a, um, adj. [hostis].

• Of or belonging to an enemy, hostile (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Caes.): ager, Liv. 44, 13: tellus, Ov. P. 1, 3, 65: moenia, Hor. C. 3, 2, 6: vindemia, Ov. F. 4, 893: manus, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 49 (243); 2, 2, 61 (311): ensis, Hor. S. 1, 9, 31: incursiones, Col. praef. § 19: tumultus, Flor. 3, 10, 17.—In neutr. as subst.: hostĭcum, i, the enemy's territory: castra in hostico incuriose posita, Liv. 8, 38, 2: raptae ex hostico messes, Plin. Pan. 29, 3: transire in hosticum, Eum. Pan. ad Constant. 13; also enmity: hosticum spirare, Tert. Mag. 35.—
• II Of or belonging to a stranger, strange, foreign: hosticum hoc mihi domiciliumst, Athenis domus est, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40 (450).

hosticus, a, um (hostis), I) fremd, ausländisch, hosticum hoc mihi domicilium est, Athenis domus est, Plaut. mil. 450. – II) dem Feinde gehörig, feindlich, manus, Plaut.: falae, Plaut.: acies, Varro fr.: tellus, Ov.: terra, Hyg. grom.: moenia, Hor.: ensis, Hor.: ager, Liv. – subst., hosticum, ī, n., das Feindesland, das feindliche Gebiet, in hostico, Liv.: in hosticum, Eum. pan.: ex hostico, Plin. pan.: hostico tamquam pacato, Liv.

hosticus [CL] 1 a of or befitting an enemy, hostile; b warlike. hostica barbaries omnis sedatur Wulf. Poems 12; ~us vel hostilis, feondlic Ælf. Sup. 168; in proprio solo, non in ~a regione, progrediebatur ‥ exercitus W. Malm. GR V 401; Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 272 (v. hostis 1a).  b proelia si fremitent, conclamet et hostica salpix / truxque cruenta citet miles in arma suos Bede Hymn. 15. 15; eorum possessiones et terras ~a depopulatione delere G. Steph. II 85; ~is tumultibus et curis armorum deditus H. Hunt. HA VII 20. 2 (as sb. m. or n.) enemy, enemy army. ~um [AS: herigende here] potest aliquotiens homo fuga ‥ vitare (Quad.) GAS 475; dedly enmy, ~us PP. 3 army, household troops; cf.GAS II 117. b mil. service. c (?) mil. campaign. si quis in ~o [v. l. familia] regis pugnet (Inst. Cnuti rub.) GAS 538; [emendabit] qui in ~o vel familia regis pacem fregerit si ad emendandum venire poterit (Leg. Hen. 12. 3) Ib. 558; si in domo vel in curia vel in burgo vel in castello vel exercitu vel ~o regis faciat aliquis homicidium, sit in misericordia regis (Ib. 80. 1) Ib. 596.  b de eo si homo syðcundus ~um [AS: fyrde] supersedeat (Quad. rub.) GAS 25; de multis terris majus landirectum exurgit ad bannum regis sicut est ‥ sceorpum in ~um [AS: fyrdscipe] et custodiam maris (Quad.) Ib. 444.  c alternantur ‥ omnia ‥ tempore ‥ si rex in ~o vel in ipso sit comitatu (Leg. Hen. 68. 2) GAS 586.

hostĭcus, (13) a, um (hostis), ¶ 1 dʼétranger : Pl. Mil. 450 ¶ 2 dʼennemi, ennemi : Liv. 44, 13 || subst. n. , hosticum, le territoire ennemi : Liv. 8, 38, 2.

hosticus adj.

• hostis, of an enemy, hostile: tellus, O.: moenia, H.—As substn. (sc. solum): castra in hostico posita, L.