prostituo

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prō-stĭtŭo: ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. statuo.
I To place before or in front, Arn. 5, 177. —
II To expose publicly to prostitution, to prostitute: cras populo prostituam vos, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 45; Sen. Contr. 1, 2: quae (meretrix) sese toto corpore prostituit, Cat. 110, 8: pudicitiam suam, Suet. Ner. 29; Lact. 3, 21, 6: formam, Petr. 126: faciem suam lucro, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 42: corpora libidinibus, Lact. 5, 9, 16; 1, 20, 15: virgines, Just. 21, 3, 2.—
   B Transf.: famam alicujus, to prostitute, dishonor, sully, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 13, 4: ingrato vocem foro, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 5.—Hence, prōstĭtūtus, a, um, P. a., exposed publicly, prostituted: infans, Mart. 9, 7, 7 P.—Sup.: prostitutissima lupa Larentina, Tert. Apol. 25.—Subst.: prōstĭtūta, ae, f., a harlot, prostitute, Plin. 30, 1, 5, § 15; 10, 63, 83, § 172; Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 7 sq.; Suet. Calig. 36; 40; Lact. 1, 10, 15; 3, 22, 8; Vulg. Baruch, 6, 10.—
   B Trop., unchaste: sermones prostituti ac theatrales, Sid. Ep. 3, 13 fin.>