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prostituo
prostituo
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + statuō (“set up, erect”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːsˈti.tu.oː/, [proːsˈtɪ.tʊ.oː]
Verb
prōstituō (present infinitive prōstituere, perfect active prōstituī, supine prōstitutum); third conjugation
- I set up in public
- I prostitute
- I dishonor
Inflection
References
- prostituo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prostituo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prostituo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.