prostituo
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From prostitui (“to prostitute”) + -o.
Noun edit
prostituo (uncountable, accusative prostituon)
- prostitution
- Synonym: prostituado
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From prō- + statuō (“set up, erect”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːsˈti.tu.oː/, [proːs̠ˈt̪ɪt̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prosˈti.tu.o/, [prosˈt̪iːt̪uo]
Verb edit
prōstituō (present infinitive prōstituere, perfect active prōstituī, supine prōstitūtum); third conjugation
- to set up in public
- to prostitute
- to dishonor
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: prostituir
- → Danish: prostituere
- → French: prostituer
- → Italian: prostituire
- → Norwegian Bokmål: prostituere
- → Portuguese: prostituir
- → Romanian: prostitua
- Sicilian: prustituiri
- → Spanish: prostituir
References edit
- “prostituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prostituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prostituo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
prostituo