prostibulum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

prōstibulum n (genitive prōstibulī); second declension

  1. prostitute, whore
  2. brothel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Synonyms

Descendants
  • English: prostibule
  • Italian: postribolo
  • Portuguese: prostíbulo
  • Spanish: prostíbulo

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: E. J. Brill, page 865/2
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