prostituo

prō-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo].

I.

To place before or in front, Arn. 5, 177. —

II.

To expose publicly to prostitution, to prostitute:

cras populo prostituam vos,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 45; Sen. Contr. 1, 2:

quae (meretrix) sese toto corpore prostituit,

Cat. 110, 8:

pudicitiam suam,

Suet. Ner. 29; Lact. 3, 21, 6:

formam,

Petr. 126:

faciem suam lucro,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 42:

corpora libidinibus,

Lact. 5, 9, 16; 1, 20, 15:

virgines,

Just. 21, 3, 2.—

B.

Transf.: famam alicujus, to prostitute, dishonor, sully, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 13, 4:

ingrato vocem foro,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 5.—Hence, prōstĭtūtus, a, um, P. a., exposed publicly, prostituted:

infans,

Mart. 9, 7, 7 P.— Sup.:

prostitutissima lupa Larentina,

Tert. Apol. 25.— Subst.: prōstĭtūta, ae, f., a harlot, prostitute, Plin. 30, 1, 5, § 15; 10, 63, 83, § 172; Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 7 sq.; Suet. Calig. 36; 40; Lact. 1, 10, 15; 3, 22, 8; Vulg. Baruch, 6, 10.—

B.

Trop., unchaste:

sermones prostituti ac theatrales,

Sid. Ep. 3, 13 fin.