prostituta
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →prostituta, prostitutae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
prostitute; whore;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Damnum quidem fecisse philosophiam non erit dubium postquam prostituta est; sed potest in penetralibus suis ostendi, si modo..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...etiam vociferatus est. Super sororum incesta et notissimum prostitutae Pyrallidis amorem non temere ulla inlustriore femina abstinuit. Quas..." - M
XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fortunae nostrae paulo ante faciebas. dic: 'meretrix dedit, prostituta porrexit'; o quam timueram, ne diceres 'amatorium sui'! consurge..."
