Both Uses of
hospitable
in
Medea, by Euripides - (translated by: T.A. Buckley)
- What hospitable stranger affording a land of safety and a faithful home will protect my person?†
*hospitable = welcoming
- The care of thy children perishes in vain, and in vain hast thou produced a dear race, O thou who didst leave the most inhospitable entrance of the Cyanean rocks, the Symplegades.†
inhospitable = unwelcomingstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inhospitable means not and reverses the meaning of hospitable. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definition:
welcoming
in various senses, including:
- inclined to treat guests well -- as in "She is good-natured and hospitable."
- favorable to life and growth -- as in "The climate is hospitable to roses."
- open to new ideas or change -- as in "The organization is hospitable to new ideas."