prostibulum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prōstō (“to prostitute oneself”) + -bulum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːsˈti.bu.lum/, [proːs̠ˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prosˈti.bu.lum/, [prosˈt̪iːbulum]
Noun
[edit]prōstibulum n (genitive prōstibulī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōstibulum | prōstibula |
| genitive | prōstibulī | prōstibulōrum |
| dative | prōstibulō | prōstibulīs |
| accusative | prōstibulum | prōstibula |
| ablative | prōstibulō | prōstibulīs |
| vocative | prōstibulum | prōstibula |
Synonyms
[edit]- (brothel): lupānar
Descendants
[edit]- English: prostibule
- Italian: postribolo
- Portuguese: prostíbulo
- Spanish: prostíbulo
References
[edit]- “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