prostitutio

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

prōstĭtūtĭo, ōnis, f. [prostituo].

I Prostitution , Arn. 2, 53; Tert. Pudic. 6; Aug. in Psa. 128, 6.— Plur. : mulierum, Lact. 5, 8, 7.—

II In gen., a dishonoring , profaning : imaginum, Tert. Apol. 27.