prostituo

Esperanto

Etymology

From prostitui (“to prostitute”) +‎ -o.

Noun

prostituo (uncountable, accusative prostituon)

1. prostitution

   Synonym: prostituado

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ statuō (“set up, erect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːsˈti.tu.oː/, [proːs̠ˈt̪ɪt̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /prosˈti.tu.o/, [prosˈt̪iːt̪uo]

Verb

prōstituō (present infinitive prōstituere, perfect active prōstituī, supine prōstitūtum); third conjugation

1. to set up in public
2. to prostitute
3. to dishonor

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōstituō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōstituō	prōstituis	prōstituit	prōstituimus	prōstituitis	prōstituunt
	imperfect	prōstituēbam	prōstituēbās	prōstituēbat	prōstituēbāmus	prōstituēbātis	prōstituēbant
	future	prōstituam	prōstituēs	prōstituet	prōstituēmus	prōstituētis	prōstituent
	perfect	prōstituī	prōstituistī	prōstituit	prōstituimus	prōstituistis	prōstituērunt, prōstituēre
	pluperfect	prōstitueram	prōstituerās	prōstituerat	prōstituerāmus	prōstituerātis	prōstituerant
	future perfect	prōstituerō	prōstitueris	prōstituerit	prōstituerimus	prōstitueritis	prōstituerint
passive	present	prōstituor	prōstitueris, prōstituere	prōstituitur	prōstituimur	prōstituiminī	prōstituuntur
	imperfect	prōstituēbar	prōstituēbāris, prōstituēbāre	prōstituēbātur	prōstituēbāmur	prōstituēbāminī	prōstituēbantur
	future	prōstituar	prōstituēris, prōstituēre	prōstituētur	prōstituēmur	prōstituēminī	prōstituentur
	perfect	prōstitūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōstitūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōstitūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōstituam	prōstituās	prōstituat	prōstituāmus	prōstituātis	prōstituant
imperfect	prōstituerem	prōstituerēs	prōstitueret	prōstituerēmus	prōstituerētis	prōstituerent
perfect	prōstituerim	prōstituerīs	prōstituerit	prōstituerīmus	prōstituerītis	prōstituerint
pluperfect	prōstituissem	prōstituissēs	prōstituisset	prōstituissēmus	prōstituissētis	prōstituissent
passive	present	prōstituar	prōstituāris, prōstituāre	prōstituātur	prōstituāmur	prōstituāminī	prōstituantur
imperfect	prōstituerer	prōstituerēris, prōstituerēre	prōstituerētur	prōstituerēmur	prōstituerēminī	prōstituerentur
perfect	prōstitūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	prōstitūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōstitue	—	—	prōstituite	—
	future	—	prōstituitō	prōstituitō	—	prōstituitōte	prōstituuntō
passive	present	—	prōstituere	—	—	prōstituiminī	—
	future	—	prōstituitor	prōstituitor	—	—	prōstituuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōstituere	prōstituisse	prōstitūtūrum esse	prōstituī	prōstitūtum esse	prōstitūtum īrī
participles		prōstituēns	—	prōstitūtūrus	—	prōstitūtus	prōstituendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōstituendī	prōstituendō	prōstituendum	prōstituendō	prōstitūtum	prōstitūtū

Derived terms

• prōstitūtiō

Descendants

• → Catalan: prostituir
• → Danish: prostituere
• → French: prostituer
• → Italian: prostituire
• → Norwegian Bokmål: prostituere
• → Portuguese: prostituir
• → Romanian: prostitua
• Sicilian: prustituiri
• → Spanish: prostituir

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

1. first-person singular present indicative of prostituir