prostibulum

Latin

Etymology

From prōstō (“to prostitute oneself”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proːsˈti.bu.lum/, [proːsˈtɪ.bʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

prōstibulum n (genitive prōstibulī); second declension

  1. prostitute, whore
  2. brothel

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōstibulum prōstibula
Genitive prōstibulī prōstibulōrum
Dative prōstibulō prōstibulīs
Accusative prōstibulum prōstibula
Ablative prōstibulō prōstibulīs
Vocative prōstibulum prōstibula

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Descendants

References
  • prostibulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • prostibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “prostibulum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 865/2
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