prostibulum

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Latin

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Etymology

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From prōstō (to prostitute oneself) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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prōstibulum n (genitive prōstibulī); second declension

  1. prostitute, whore
  2. brothel

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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