prostibulum

Latin

Etymology

From prōstō (“to prostitute oneself”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːsˈti.bu.lum/, [proːs̠ˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /prosˈti.bu.lum/, [prosˈt̪iːbulum]

Noun

prōstibulum n (genitive prōstibulī); second declension

1. prostitute, whore
2. brothel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōstibulum	prōstibula
Genitive	prōstibulī	prōstibulōrum
Dative	prōstibulō	prōstibulīs
Accusative	prōstibulum	prōstibula
Ablative	prōstibulō	prōstibulīs
Vocative	prōstibulum	prōstibula

Synonyms

• (brothel): lupānar

Descendants

• English: prostibule
• Italian: postribolo
• Portuguese: prostíbulo
• Spanish: prostíbulo

References

• “prostibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prostibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “prostibulum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 865/2