prostibulum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From prōstō (“to prostitute oneself”) + -bulum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːsˈti.bu.lum/, [proːs̠ˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prosˈti.bu.lum/, [prosˈt̪iːbulum]
Noun[edit]
prōstibulum n (genitive prōstibulī); second declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- (brothel): lupānar
Descendants[edit]
- English: prostibule
- Italian: postribolo
- Portuguese: prostíbulo
- Spanish: prostíbulo
References[edit]
- “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