(v. a.P. a.) : prō-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a.statuo.
* To place before or in front, Arn. 5, 177.
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop., unchaste: sermones prostituti ac theatrales,Sid. Ep. 3, 13 fin.

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