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Esperanto
Etymology
From prostitui (“to prostitute”) + -o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -uo
- Hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tu‧o
Noun
prostituo (uncountable, accusative prostituon)
- prostitution
- Synonym: prostituado
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + statuō (“set up, erect”).
Pronunciation
Verb
prōstituō (present infinitive prōstituere, perfect active prōstituī, supine prōstitūtum); third conjugation
- to set up in public
- to prostitute
- to dishonor
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- “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
Verb
prostituo
- first-person singular present indicative of prostituir