prostitute
prostitute
v. trans.
Met., misuse: P. ἀποχρῆσθαι (dat.) or use sell, enslave, disgrace.
Prostitute oneself, be a prostitute: P. πορνεύειν.
v. trans.
Met., misuse: P. ἀποχρῆσθαι (dat.) or use sell, enslave, disgrace.
Prostitute oneself, be a prostitute: P. πορνεύειν.
prostitute
subs.
Ar. and P. πόρνη, ἡ.
subs.
Ar. and P. πόρνη, ἡ.
PROSTITUTE
s. meretrix; scortum; meritorium scortum (one who prostitutes herself for pay; scortum a lower more dissolute meretrix; but both these are above prostibula and lupae): prostibulum: mulier omnibus proposita: scortum vulgare: meretrix vulgatissima (common prostitute): mulier quae domum omnium libidinibus patefecit; also quaestuaria (sc. mulier Sen. who lives by the wages of prostitution). The son of a common prostitute ex vulgato corpore genitus: to turn a common prostitute plane se in vita meretricia collocate: to be or lead the life of a (common) prostitute corpus vulgo publicare (Plaut.): vita institutoque esse meretricio: meretricio more vivere: se omnibus pervulgare: pudicitiam in propatulo habere (Sall.).
s. meretrix; scortum; meritorium scortum (one who prostitutes herself for pay; scortum a lower more dissolute meretrix; but both these are above prostibula and lupae): prostibulum: mulier omnibus proposita: scortum vulgare: meretrix vulgatissima (common prostitute): mulier quae domum omnium libidinibus patefecit; also quaestuaria (sc. mulier Sen. who lives by the wages of prostitution). The son of a common prostitute ex vulgato corpore genitus: to turn a common prostitute plane se in vita meretricia collocate: to be or lead the life of a (common) prostitute corpus vulgo publicare (Plaut.): vita institutoque esse meretricio: meretricio more vivere: se omnibus pervulgare: pudicitiam in propatulo habere (Sall.).
v. PROP. publicare (e.g. corpus pudicitiam).
Figuratively dehonestare; dedecorare; also by habere se venalem or habere venalia; e.g. omnia habet venalia fidem jusjurandum veritatem officium (Cic. Verr. 3 62 144).
Figuratively dehonestare; dedecorare; also by habere se venalem or habere venalia; e.g. omnia habet venalia fidem jusjurandum veritatem officium (Cic. Verr. 3 62 144).
prostitute (subs.):
1. scortum (a person of either sex serving for lust: a gross term): a notorious p., nobile s., Liv. 39, 9: Cic.: Hor.
2. mĕretrix, īcis, f. (milder term): Hor. S. 1, 2, 58: the commonest p.s, vulgatissimae m., Suet. Dom. 22: Cic.
3. prostĭbŭlum (rare): Pl.: Arn.
4. prostĭtūta: Plin. 39, 2, 5. Phr.: a common p., (femina) vulgato corpore, Liv. 1, 4: to be a p., corpore quaestum facere, Pl. Poen. 5, 3, 21: cf. Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 52, quaestum occipere (to take to prostitution); also, prostare, Suet. Tib. 43; meretricium facere, Suet. Cal. 42.
1. scortum (a person of either sex serving for lust: a gross term): a notorious p., nobile s., Liv. 39, 9: Cic.: Hor.
2. mĕretrix, īcis, f. (milder term): Hor. S. 1, 2, 58: the commonest p.s, vulgatissimae m., Suet. Dom. 22: Cic.
3. prostĭbŭlum (rare): Pl.: Arn.
4. prostĭtūta: Plin. 39, 2, 5. Phr.: a common p., (femina) vulgato corpore, Liv. 1, 4: to be a p., corpore quaestum facere, Pl. Poen. 5, 3, 21: cf. Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 52, quaestum occipere (to take to prostitution); also, prostare, Suet. Tib. 43; meretricium facere, Suet. Cal. 42.
prostitute (v.):
I. Lit.:
1. vulgo, 1: to p. the body for hire, corpus pretio v., Aur. Vict. Orig. ad fin.: Liv. 1, 4.
2. publĭco, 1: Pl. Bac. 4, 7, 22.
3. prostĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to expose for hire): to p. oneself, p. pudicitiam suam, Suet. Ner. 29: Ov. Am. 1, 10, 42 (p. faciem suam lucro). (Softened expr., parum honeste pudicitiam habere, Sall. Cat. 14: cf. ib. 13, pudicitiam in propatulo habere, i. e. expose it for sale.)
4. to p. oneself, prosto, stĭti, stātum, 1: Juv. 1, 47: Sen. Contr.
II. To devote to base uses: Phr.: he p.d his talents to the praise of a tyrant, *bonum ingenium suum turpiter ad tyrannum laudibus extollendum contulit: see alsoTO DISGRACE .
I. Lit.:
1. vulgo, 1: to p. the body for hire, corpus pretio v., Aur. Vict. Orig. ad fin.: Liv. 1, 4.
2. publĭco, 1: Pl. Bac. 4, 7, 22.
3. prostĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to expose for hire): to p. oneself, p. pudicitiam suam, Suet. Ner. 29: Ov. Am. 1, 10, 42 (p. faciem suam lucro). (Softened expr., parum honeste pudicitiam habere, Sall. Cat. 14: cf. ib. 13, pudicitiam in propatulo habere, i. e. expose it for sale.)
4. to p. oneself, prosto, stĭti, stātum, 1: Juv. 1, 47: Sen. Contr.
II. To devote to base uses: Phr.: he p.d his talents to the praise of a tyrant, *bonum ingenium suum turpiter ad tyrannum laudibus extollendum contulit: see also
ἑταίρα
ἑταίρα, ἡ, whore, prostitute (noun)
πόρνη
πόρνη, ἡ, prostitute (noun)
Cynna, a prostitute
καταπορνεύω
to prostitute
μισήτη
prostitute
παιδισκάριον
slave girl, prostitute (dim.)
πορνίδιον
prostitute (dim. of πόρνη)
πορνεύω
to prostitute
προαγωγεύω
to prostitute
στεγῖτις
prostitute
χαλκιδῖτις
a penny prostitute
ἑταίρα, ἡ, whore, prostitute (noun)
πόρνη
πόρνη, ἡ, prostitute (noun)
appearing fewer than 50 times
ΚύνναCynna, a prostitute
καταπορνεύω
to prostitute
μισήτη
prostitute
παιδισκάριον
slave girl, prostitute (dim.)
πορνίδιον
prostitute (dim. of πόρνη)
πορνεύω
to prostitute
προαγωγεύω
to prostitute
στεγῖτις
prostitute
χαλκιδῖτις
a penny prostitute
meretrix
a prostitute, courtesan
scortum
a harlot, prostitute
publica
prostitute
of harlots, of prostitutes, meretricious
meretricula
a prostitute, courtesan
prostituo
to set forth in public, expose to dishonor, prostitute, offer for sale
a prostitute, courtesan
scortum
a harlot, prostitute
publica
prostitute
appearing fewer than 50 times
meretriciusof harlots, of prostitutes, meretricious
meretricula
a prostitute, courtesan
prostituo
to set forth in public, expose to dishonor, prostitute, offer for sale