prostitutio

Latin

Etymology

From prōstituō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːs.tiˈtuː.ti.oː/, [proːs̠t̪ɪˈt̪uːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pros.tiˈtut.t͡si.o/, [prost̪iˈt̪ut̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

prōstitūtiō f (genitive prōstitūtiōnis); third declension

1. prostitution
   • c. 155 – 240, Tertullian, chapter 6, in De pudicitia‎^[1]:

     Iam et incesta donabis propter Loth et fornicationes cum incesto propter Iudam et turpes de prostitutione nuptias propter Osee, et non tantum frequentatas, verum et simul plures, propter patres nostros.

     That done, you will condone incests, too, for Lot's sake; and fornications combined with incest, for Judah's sake; and base marriages with prostitution, for Hosea's sake; and not only the frequent repetition of marriage, but its simultaneous plurality, for our fathers' sakes.

   • 2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia‎^[2], Vatican:

     […] de illarum personarum condicione, quae ad prostitutionem agendam coguntur.

     […] about those reprehensible situations where people are forced into prostitution.

2. dishonoring, profaning

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōstitūtiō	prōstitūtiōnēs
Genitive	prōstitūtiōnis	prōstitūtiōnum
Dative	prōstitūtiōnī	prōstitūtiōnibus
Accusative	prōstitūtiōnem	prōstitūtiōnēs
Ablative	prōstitūtiōne	prōstitūtiōnibus
Vocative	prōstitūtiō	prōstitūtiōnēs

Descendants

• → Albanian: prostitucion
• → Basque: prostituzio
• → Belarusian: прастыту́цыя (prastytúcyja)
• → Bulgarian: проститу́ция (prostitúcija)
• → Catalan: prostitució
• → Czech: prostituce
• → Danish: prostitution
• → Dutch: prostitutie
• → English: prostitution
• → Finnish: prostituutio
• → French: prostitution
• → Galician: prostitución
• → German: Prostitution
• → Hungarian: prostitúció
• → Italian: prostituzione
• → Macedonian: проститу́ција (prostitúcija)
• → Norwegian: prostitusjon
• → Occitan: prostitucion
• → Polish: prostytucja
• → Portuguese: prostituição
• → Romanian: prostituție
• → Russian: проститу́ция (prostitúcija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: проститу́ција (prostitúcija)
• → Slovak: prostitúcia
• → Slovene: prostitúcija
• → Spanish: prostitución
• → Swedish: prostitution
• → Ukrainian: проститу́ція (prostytúcija)

References

• “prostitutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prostitutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.