prostitui
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prostituo, prostituere, prostitui, prostitutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
prostitute; put to improper sexual/unworthy use; dishonor, expose to shame;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1stpres. pass. infin.
Examples
- D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...principis artes, gaudentis foedo peregrina ad pulpita cantu prostitui Graiaeque apium meruisse coronae. maiorum effigies habeant insignia uocis..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quidem pedum extra mensuram aberrantia, nisi quod formam prostituis ut vendas? Vides me: nec auguria novi nec mathematicorum..."
