prostituisses
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. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Tamquam parva foret sexus iniuria nostri foedandos populo prostituisse mares, iam cunae lenonis erant, ut ab ubere raptus..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...tori reditu census augere paternos, et faciem lucro prostituisse suam. gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemptis; pro male..."
