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Lewis Short
(verb) : prō-sto, stĭti, stātum, 1, *
* To stand forth, stand out, project: angellis prostantibus,Lucr. 2, 428.
* To stand in a public place.
* Of a seller, to offer one's wares for sale, carry on one's business (cf. propono): hi (lenones) saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21.
* Of wares, to be set out or exposed for sale: liber prostat,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 2.
* In partic., to sell one's body, prostitute one's self: si mater tua prostitisset,Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Juv. 1, 47; 3, 65; 9, 24; P. Syrus ap. Petr. 55 fin.; Suet. Tib. 43 fin.
* Transf.: illud amicitiae quondam venerabile numen Prostat et in quaestu pro meretrice sedet,prostitutes herself, is venal,Ov. P. 2, 3, 20.
* To stand forth, stand out, project: angellis prostantibus,Lucr. 2, 428.
* To stand in a public place.
* Of a seller, to offer one's wares for sale, carry on one's business (cf. propono): hi (lenones) saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21.
* Of wares, to be set out or exposed for sale: liber prostat,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 2.
* In partic., to sell one's body, prostitute one's self: si mater tua prostitisset,Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Juv. 1, 47; 3, 65; 9, 24; P. Syrus ap. Petr. 55 fin.; Suet. Tib. 43 fin.
* Transf.: illud amicitiae quondam venerabile numen Prostat et in quaestu pro meretrice sedet,prostitutes herself, is venal,Ov. P. 2, 3, 20.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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