prō-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo].
I To place before or in front , Arn. 5, 177. —
II To expose publicly to prostitution , to prostitute : cras populo prostituam vos, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 45; Sen. Contr. 1, 2: quae (meretrix) sese toto corpore prostituit, Cat. 110, 8: pudicitiam suam, Suet. Ner. 29; Lact. 3, 21, 6: formam, Petr. 126: faciem suam lucro, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 42: corpora libidinibus, Lact. 5, 9, 16; 1, 20, 15: virgines, Just. 21, 3, 2.—
B Transf.: famam alicujus, to prostitute , dishonor , sully , Cato ap. Gell. 17, 13, 4: ingrato vocem foro, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 5.
IV —Hence, prōstĭtūtus , a, um, P. a., exposed publicly , prostituted : infans, Mart. 9, 7, 7 P.— Sup. : prostitutissima lupa Larentina, Tert. Apol. 25.—Subst.: prōstĭtūta , ae, f., a harlot , prostitute , Plin. 30, 1, 5, § 15; 10, 63, 83, § 172; Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 7 sq.; Suet. Calig. 36; 40; Lact. 1, 10, 15; 3, 22, 8; Vulg. Baruch, 6, 10.—
B Trop., unchaste : sermones prostituti ac theatrales, Sid. Ep. 3, 13 fin.