prostituit
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. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...plus quam meretricis avarae quae sese toto corpore prostituit. CXI. ad Aufilenam Aufilena, viro contentam vivere solo, nuptarum..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...quam sumes, dic mihi, perdis aquam? Nec vos prostituit mea vox, sed vana timere Damna vetat: damnis munera..."
