prostitutae
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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →prostituta, prostitutae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
prostitute; whore;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."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..."
