hostīlis, e, adj. [hostis].
I Of or belonging to an enemy , hostile.
A In gen. (class.): amator simili'st oppidi hostilis, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 68: terra, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108: manus, id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85: naves, Hor. Epod. 9, 19: domus, id. ib. 5, 53: aratrum, id. C. 1, 16, 21: manus, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 61: cadavera, Sall. C. 61, 8: vis, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 52: condictiones pactionesque (with bellicae), Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108: minae, Tac. A. 13, 57: metus, of the enemy , Sall. J. 41, 2: spolia, Liv. 29, 35, 5; Suet. Ner. 38: terra, Liv. 44, 3, 8: clamor, id. 1, 29, 2: turmae, id. 9, 22, 9: murmur, Tac. H. 2, 42: audacia, id. A. 14, 23: solum, id. ib. 11, 16; 11, 20: nationes, id. ib. 14, 23.—As subst.: hostīle , is, n., hostile country , the enemy's land or soil : prior Parthus apud Gaium in nostra ripa, posterior hic apud regem in hostili (sc. solo) epulatus est, Vell. 2, 101 fin. —
B In partic., in divining: hostilis pars (opp. pars familiaris), the part of the entrails that related to the enemy , Luc. 1, 622.—
II That is usual with an enemy , hostile (class.): hominis hostilem in modum seditiosi imago, Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 24; cf.: hostilem in modum vexare, id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5: in hunc hostili odio est, id. Clu. 5, 12: spiritus, Tac. H. 4, 57: ne quid ab se hostile timeret, Sall. J. 88, 5: caedem, fugam aliaque hostilia portendant, id. ib. 3, 2: legati retulerunt, omnia hostilia esse, Liv. 21, 16, 1: multa hostilia audere, Tac. H. 4, 15: facere, Sall. J. 107, 2: loqui, Tac. H. 2, 66: invicem coeptare, id. ib. 3, 70: induere adversus aliquem, id. A. 12, 40: apibus inimica est nebula: aranei quoque vel maxime hostiles, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65.—Hence, adv.: hostī-lĭter , like an enemy , in a hostile manner , hostilely : quid ille fecit hostiliter, Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 25; Sall. J. 20, 4; Liv. 2, 14, 2; 9, 38, 1; Tac. H. 2, 85; Suet. Caes. 54; Ov. M. 11, 372; 14, 68.