proseda

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prō-sĕda, ae, f. [sedeo] (she who sits in public),

a common prostitute (perh. only Plaut.), Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53; cf.: prosedas meretrices Plautus appellat, quod ante stabula sedeant. Eaedem et prostibulae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.