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1 prosto
prō-sto, stĭti, stātum, 1, v. n.* I. II.To stand in a public place.A.Of a seller, to offer one's wares for sale, carry on one's business (cf. propono):B. 2.hi (lenones) saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21.—In partic., to sell one's body, prostitute one's self:b.si mater tua prostitisset,
Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Juv. 1, 47; 3, 65; 9, 24; P. Syrus ap. Petr. 55 fin.; Suet. Tib. 43 fin. —Transf.:illud amicitiae quondam venerabile numen Prostat et in quaestu pro meretrice sedet,
prostitutes herself, is venal, Ov. P. 2, 3, 20.
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