prosto Latin · revision 33790

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sth₂-eh₁-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproːs.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔs.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōstō''' (present infinitive prōstāre, perfect active prōstitī, supine prōstātum); first conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|stō|t1=forth|t2=to stand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|stō]] to [[ine-pro|*sth₂-eh₁-ie/o-|t=to stand]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in the ''Curculio'': pimps at least ply their trade in hidden places, but “you” in the forum itself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to stand in public offering goods for sale, to carry on business.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of a prostitute it is to offer herself for hire, as Publilius has of standing naked in public, and by extension to be hired out for unworthy ends, as Cicero's man whose voice had been for sale as an auctioneer's crier.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius has the literal “stand out, project”, of tiny corners that tickle the senses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Stelten gives “project, stand before, out, or forward”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of pimps plying their trade.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of projecting corners.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century BC – Publilius, of a prostitute.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a voice for hire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To offer goods for sale in public, do business.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of a [[m|en|prostitute]], to offer oneself for hire; to be hired out for unworthy ends.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To stand out, [[m|en|project]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prostibilis]]

+ * [[prōstibulum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōstituō]]

+ * [[stō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}