prostituo

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prostiˈtuo/

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• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification: pros‧ti‧tu‧o

Noun

prostituo (uncountable, accusative prostituon)

1. prostitution

   Synonym: prostituado

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Italic *status

Proto-Italic *statuō

Latin statuō

Latin prostituo

From prō- +‎ statuō (“to erect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːsˈtɪ.tu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [prosˈtiː.tu.o]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōstituere			prōstituī			prōstituēns			—
future		prōstitūtūrum esse			prōstitūtum īrī			prōstitūtūrus			prōstituendus
perfect		prōstituisse			prōstitūtum esse			—			prōstitūtus
future perfect		—			prōstitūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōstitūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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