prostituo

Esperanto

Etymology

From prostitui (to prostitute) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prostiˈtuo/
  • Rhymes: -uo
  • Hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tu‧o

Noun

prostituo (uncountable, accusative prostituon)

  1. prostitution
    Synonym: prostituado

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ statuō (set up, erect).

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

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