lupa

la-noun

lupa f (genitive lupae); first declension

lupae (genitive)
lupa (nominative singular)
lupae (nominative plural)
lupae (genitive singular)
lupārum (genitive plural)
lupae (dative singular)
lupīs (dative plural)
lupābus (dative plural)
lupam (accusative singular)
lupās (accusative plural)
lupā (ablative singular)
lupīs (ablative plural)
lupābus (ablative plural)
lupa (singular vocative)
lupae (plural vocative)

Aromanian: lupã

Asturian: lloba

Aragonese: lupa

Catalan: lloba

French: louve

Friulian: love

Italian: lupa

Neapolitan: lopa

Occitan: loba

Portuguese: loba

Sicilian: lupa

Spanish: loba

Venetan: lova

The feminine version of lupus. The sense “prostitute” is either a comparison of the prostitutes' predation on men to the wolf's rapacity, as also in Isidore's (often fanciful) opinion, or a reference to the she-wolf's uncleanliness and promiscuity (often culturally conflated), parallelled in English bitch.


meretrix

meretrīx f (genitive meretrīcis, masculine meretor); third declension

meretrīx (canonical feminine)
meretrīcis (genitive)
meretor (masculine)
meretrīx (nominative singular)
meretrīcēs (nominative plural)
meretrīcis (genitive singular)
meretrīcum (genitive plural)
meretrīcī (dative singular)
meretrīcibus (dative plural)
meretrīcem (accusative singular)
meretrīcēs (accusative plural)
meretrīce (ablative singular)
meretrīcibus (ablative plural)
meretrīx (singular vocative)
meretrīcēs (plural vocative)

Old Lombard: meltris

Old French: meautris

Occitan: meltris

→ Old English: myltestre, miltestre

→ Catalan: meretriu

→ English: meretrix

→ Galician: meretriz

→ Italian: meretrice

→ Portuguese: meretriz

→ Sicilian: miritrici

→ Spanish: meretriz

From mereō (“to earn (a living)”) + -trīx (“agent noun suffix”), literally “the earner”.


lupanar

la-noun

lupānar n (genitive lupānāris); third declension

lupānar (canonical neuter)
lupānāris (genitive)
lupānar (nominative singular)
lupānāria (nominative plural)
lupānāris (genitive singular)
lupānārium (genitive plural)
lupānārī (dative singular)
lupānāribus (dative plural)
lupānar (accusative singular)
lupānāria (accusative plural)
lupānārī (ablative singular)
lupānāribus (ablative plural)
lupānar (singular vocative)
lupānāria (plural vocative)

→ English: lupanar

→ French: lupanar

→ Italian: lupanare

→ Polish: lupanar

→ Portuguese: lupanar

→ Romanian: lupanar

→ Spanish: lupanar

[ɫ̪ʊˈpäːnäːr]

[ɫ̪ʊˈpäːnär]

Apocope of earlier *lupānāre, a neuter relative adjective equivalent to lupa (“a she-wolf → prostitute”) + -ānus + -āris (both relative adjective suffixes).

af

qui in lupanari accubat.


proseda

la-noun

prōseda f (genitive prōsedae); first declension

prōseda (canonical feminine)
prōsedae (genitive)
prōseda (nominative singular)
prōsedae (nominative plural)
prōsedae (genitive singular)
prōsedārum (genitive plural)
prōsedae (dative singular)
prōsedīs (dative plural)
prōsedam (accusative singular)
prōsedās (accusative plural)
prōsedā (ablative singular)
prōsedīs (ablative plural)
prōseda (singular vocative)
prōsedae (plural vocative)


scortum

scortum n (genitive scortī); second declension

scortī (genitive)
scortum (nominative singular)
scorta (nominative plural)
scortī (genitive singular)
scortōrum (genitive plural)
scortō (dative singular)
scortīs (dative plural)
scortum (accusative singular)
scorta (accusative plural)
scortō (ablative singular)
scortīs (ablative plural)
scortum (singular vocative)
scorta (plural vocative)

[ˈs̠kɔrt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥-tó-m (“that which is cut; a cutting”), from the root *(s)ker- (“to cut”), which has other derivatives meaning “skin” or “bark”. Compare Latin scrōtum, scrautum, scrūta. See also corium, Proto-Germanic *skeraną (whence English shear), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʻerem, “to scrape, scratch”). Piecewise doublet of curtum.
The prostitute sense may have arisen from the former skin, leather sense through scortum subigere (“beat leather; tan leather”), as an ancient metaphor for sexual intercourse. According to Festus, Scorta appellantur meretrices, quia ut pelliculae subiguntur, “Prostitutes are called ‘leathers’ because they are beaten/tanned like small skins.” Cf. Latin pellicula (“small skin; (in farce) whore”), Spanish pelleja (“skin, hide; whore”). Hammarström observes that skin removed from the animal is loose, flexible and lacks hold.


fornix

la-noun

fornix m (genitive fornicis); third declension

fornicis (genitive)
fornix (nominative singular)
fornicēs (nominative plural)
fornicis (genitive singular)
fornicum (genitive plural)
fornicī (dative singular)
fornicibus (dative plural)
fornicem (accusative singular)
fornicēs (accusative plural)
fornice (ablative singular)
fornicibus (ablative plural)
fornix (singular vocative)
fornicēs (plural vocative)

→ Catalan: fòrnix

→ English: fornix

→ Italian: fornice

→ Portuguese: fórnice

→ Romanian: fornix

→ Spanish: fórnix

→ Welsh: ffyrnig

Probably akin to Latin fornāx and furnus, fornus (“furnace”), and derived from the latter as *fornikos (“vaulted like a furnace”): typologically compare Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos, “furnace”) beside καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”), both possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, to curve”).

m+

brothel, bagnio, stew (situated in a cellar)


spintria

la-noun

spintria m (genitive spintriae); first declension

spintriae (genitive)
spintria (nominative singular)
spintriae (nominative plural)
spintriae (genitive singular)
spintriārum (genitive plural)
spintriae (dative singular)
spintriīs (dative plural)
spintriam (accusative singular)
spintriās (accusative plural)
spintriā (ablative singular)
spintriīs (ablative plural)
spintria (singular vocative)
spintriae (plural vocative)

English: spintrian

From Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “something which binds”), referring to the anal sphincter.


sphintria

la-noun

sphintria m (genitive sphintriae); first declension

sphintriae (genitive)
sphintria (nominative singular)
sphintriae (nominative plural)
sphintriae (genitive singular)
sphintriārum (genitive plural)
sphintriae (dative singular)
sphintriīs (dative plural)
sphintriam (accusative singular)
sphintriās (accusative plural)
sphintriā (ablative singular)
sphintriīs (ablative plural)
sphintria (singular vocative)
sphintriae (plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “something which binds”) referring to the anal sphincter.


lena

lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension

lēna (canonical feminine)
lēnae (genitive)
lēna (nominative singular)
lēnae (nominative plural)
lēnae (genitive singular)
lēnārum (genitive plural)
lēnae (dative singular)
lēnīs (dative plural)
lēnam (accusative singular)
lēnās (accusative plural)
lēnā (ablative singular)
lēnīs (ablative plural)
lēna (singular vocative)
lēnae (plural vocative)

(slang) a procuress, bawd, madame, seductress, enticer


leno

lēnō m (genitive lēnōnis); third declension

lēnō (canonical masculine)
lēnōnis (genitive)
lēnō (nominative singular)
lēnōnēs (nominative plural)
lēnōnis (genitive singular)
lēnōnum (genitive plural)
lēnōnī (dative singular)
lēnōnibus (dative plural)
lēnōnem (accusative singular)
lēnōnēs (accusative plural)
lēnōne (ablative singular)
lēnōnibus (ablative plural)
lēnō (singular vocative)
lēnōnēs (plural vocative)

Italian: lenone

Spanish: lenón

Heus tu, leno, te volo. - Et ego te volo.

Ah there, pimp, I want you! - And I want you.


lupanaria

lupānāria f (genitive lupānāriae); first declension

lupānāria (canonical feminine)
lupānāriae (genitive)
lupānāria (nominative singular)
lupānāriae (nominative plural)
lupānāriae (genitive singular)
lupānāriārum (genitive plural)
lupānāriae (dative singular)
lupānāriīs (dative plural)
lupānāriam (accusative singular)
lupānāriās (accusative plural)
lupānāriā (ablative singular)
lupānāriīs (ablative plural)
lupānāria (singular vocative)
lupānāriae (plural vocative)

Probably from substantivisation of lupānar + -āria.

[ɫ̪ʊpäːˈnäːriä]


delicium

dēlicium n (genitive dēliciī or dēlicī); second declension

dēlicium (canonical neuter)
dēliciī (genitive)
dēlicī (genitive)
dēlicium (nominative singular)
dēlicia (nominative plural)
dēliciī (genitive singular)
dēlicī (genitive singular)
dēliciōrum (genitive plural)
dēliciō (dative singular)
dēliciīs (dative plural)
dēlicium (accusative singular)
dēlicia (accusative plural)
dēliciō (ablative singular)
dēliciīs (ablative plural)
dēlicium (singular vocative)
dēlicia (plural vocative)

French: délice

[d̪eːˈlʲɪkiʊ̃ˑ]

From dēlicere (“to entice, to snare; to delight”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from dē- + lacere (“to entice, to snare”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, to pull”), with no known cognates in any other Indo-European languages.

inh

(figuratively) a prepubescent or adolescent boy who served as a sex slave, chosen for his supposed beauty


sexualitas

la-noun

sexuālitās f (genitive sexuālitātis); third declension

sexuālitās (canonical feminine)
sexuālitātis (genitive)
sexuālitās (nominative singular)
sexuālitātēs (nominative plural)
sexuālitātis (genitive singular)
sexuālitātum (genitive plural)
sexuālitātī (dative singular)
sexuālitātibus (dative plural)
sexuālitātem (accusative singular)
sexuālitātēs (accusative plural)
sexuālitāte (ablative singular)
sexuālitātibus (ablative plural)
sexuālitās (singular vocative)
sexuālitātēs (plural vocative)

Asturian: sexualidá

Basque: sexualitate

Catalan: sexualitat

English: sexuality

French: sexualité

Galician: sexualidade

German: Sexualität

Italian: sessualità

Portuguese: sexualidade

Romanian: sexualitate

Romansch: sexualitad

Spanish: sexualidad

[s̠ɛks̠uˈäːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]


pathicus

la-adj

pathicus (feminine pathica, neuter pathicum); first/second-declension adjective

pathica (feminine)
pathicum (neuter)
pathicus (masculine nominative singular)
pathica (feminine nominative singular)
pathicum (neuter nominative singular)
pathicī (masculine nominative singular)
pathicae (feminine nominative plural)
pathica (neuter nominative plural)
pathicī (genitive masculine singular)
pathicae (feminine genitive singular)
pathicī (genitive neuter singular)
pathicōrum (genitive masculine singular)
pathicārum (feminine genitive plural)
pathicōrum (genitive neuter plural)
pathicō (dative masculine singular)
pathicae (dative feminine singular)
pathicō (dative neuter singular)
pathicīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
pathicum (accusative masculine singular)
pathicam (accusative feminine singular)
pathicum (accusative neuter singular)
pathicōs (accusative masculine singular)
pathicās (accusative feminine plural)
pathica (accusative neuter plural)
pathicō (ablative masculine singular)
pathicā (ablative feminine singular)
pathicō (ablative neuter singular)
pathicīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
pathice (masculine singular vocative)
pathica (feminine singular vocative)
pathicum (neuter singular vocative)
pathicī (masculine singular vocative)
pathicae (feminine plural vocative)
pathica (neuter plural vocative)

[ˈpät̪ʰɪkʊs̠]

From the Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós, “passive”).

bor

(of men) someone submitting to sex (anal sex) or socialy unacceptable lust, pathic, lascivious; of catamites, prostitutes or books


coa

coae (genitive)
coa (nominative singular)
coae (nominative plural)
coae (genitive singular)
coārum (genitive plural)
coae (dative singular)
coīs (dative plural)
coam (accusative singular)
coās (accusative plural)
coā (ablative singular)
coīs (ablative plural)
coa (singular vocative)
coae (plural vocative)

After a story perhaps pertaining to Clodia Metelli cited in Quintillian, perhaps as a distortion of a form of coeō, or after the luxurious silk from Cos, deriving from the cocoon of the Coan moth, or both.

...in triclinio coam, in cubiculo nolam....

95 CE, Quintillian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.52

...Coan in the dining-room, noan in the bedroom...


paelex

la-noun

paelex f (genitive paelicis); third declension

paelicis (genitive)
paelex (nominative singular)
paelicēs (nominative plural)
paelicis (genitive singular)
paelicum (genitive plural)
paelicī (dative singular)
paelicibus (dative plural)
paelicem (accusative singular)
paelicēs (accusative plural)
paelice (ablative singular)
paelicibus (ablative plural)
paelex (singular vocative)
paelicēs (plural vocative)

[ˈpäe̯ɫ̪ɛks̠]

* Usually compared to Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”), but phonological and other uncertainties exist.
* The variant pellex shows folk-etymological connection with pelliciō (“I allure”).


homosexualitas

la-noun

homosexuālitās f (genitive homosexuālitātis); third declension

homosexuālitās (canonical feminine)
homosexuālitātis (genitive)
homosexuālitās (nominative singular)
homosexuālitātēs (nominative plural)
homosexuālitātis (genitive singular)
homosexuālitātum (genitive plural)
homosexuālitātī (dative singular)
homosexuālitātibus (dative plural)
homosexuālitātem (accusative singular)
homosexuālitātēs (accusative plural)
homosexuālitāte (ablative singular)
homosexuālitātibus (ablative plural)
homosexuālitās (singular vocative)
homosexuālitātēs (plural vocative)

[hɔmɔs̠ɛks̠uˈäːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) + sexuālitās.


femino

la-verb

fēminō (present infinitive fēmināre, perfect active fēmināvī, supine fēminātum); first conjugation

fēminō (canonical)
fēmināre (infinitive present)
fēmināvī (active perfect)
fēminātum (supine)
fēminō (active first-person indicative present singular)
fēminās (active indicative present second-person singular)
fēminat (active indicative present singular third-person)
fēmināmus (active first-person indicative plural present)
fēminātis (active indicative plural present second-person)
fēminant (active indicative plural present third-person)
fēminābam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fēminābās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fēminābat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fēminābāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fēminābātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fēminābant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fēminābō (active first-person future indicative singular)
fēminābis (active future indicative second-person singular)
fēminābit (active future indicative singular third-person)
fēminābimus (active first-person future indicative plural)
fēminābitis (active future indicative plural second-person)
fēminābunt (active future indicative plural third-person)
fēmināvī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
fēmināvistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
fēmināvit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
fēmināvimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
fēmināvistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
fēmināvērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
fēmināvēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
fēmināveram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
fēmināverās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
fēmināverat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
fēmināverāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
fēmināverātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
fēmināverant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
fēmināverō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
fēmināveris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
fēmināverit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
fēmināverimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
fēmināveritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
fēmināverint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
fēminor (first-person indicative passive present singular)
fēmināris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
fēmināre (indicative passive present second-person singular)
fēminātur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
fēmināmur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
fēmināminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
fēminantur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
fēminābar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
fēminābāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
fēminābāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
fēminābātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
fēminābāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
fēminābāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
fēminābantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
fēminābor (first-person future indicative passive singular)
fēmināberis (future indicative passive second-person singular)
fēminābere (future indicative passive second-person singular)
fēminābitur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
fēminābimur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
fēminābiminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
fēminābuntur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
fēminem (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
fēminēs (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
fēminet (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
fēminēmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
fēminētis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
fēminent (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
fēminārem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fēminārēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fēmināret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fēminārēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fēminārētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fēminārent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fēmināverim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
fēmināverīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fēmināverit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fēmināverīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
fēmināverītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fēmināverint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fēmināvissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
fēmināvissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fēmināvisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fēmināvissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
fēmināvissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fēmināvissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fēminer (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
fēminēris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
fēminēre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
fēminētur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
fēminēmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
fēminēminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
fēminentur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
fēminārer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
fēminārēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
fēminārēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
fēminārētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
fēminārēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
fēminārēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
fēminārentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
fēminā (active imperative present second-person singular)
fēmināte (active imperative plural present second-person)
fēminātō (active future imperative second-person singular)
fēminātō (active future imperative singular third-person)
fēminātōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
fēminantō (active future imperative plural third-person)
fēmināre (imperative passive present second-person singular)
fēmināminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
fēminātor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
fēminātor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
fēminantor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
fēmināre (active infinitive present)
fēminārī (infinitive passive present)
fēmināns (active participle present)
fēminātūrum esse (active future infinitive)
fēminātum īrī (future infinitive passive)
fēminātūrus (active future participle)
fēminandus (future participle passive)
fēmināvisse (active infinitive perfect)
fēminātum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
fēminātus (participle passive perfect)
fēminātum fore (future infinitive passive perfect)
fēminātūrum fuisse (active infinitive perfect potential)
fēminandī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
fēminandō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
fēminandum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
fēminandō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
fēminātum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
fēminātū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

From fēmina f + -ō, in reference to the role being seen as that of a woman.

Nemo enim pruriens corpus feminando correxit vel virilis veretri tactu mitigavit, sed communiter querelam sive dolorem alia ex materia toleravit.

c. 420 CE, Caelius Aurelianus, Tardae Passiones 4.9.133

For no one has relieved his bodily longing by being used as a woman or by the touch of a male member, but one has generally endured the complaint or the pain by other means.

(Late Latin) to bottom; to adopt the submissive role in gay sex


prosto

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

prōstō (canonical)
no passive (canonical)
prōstāre (infinitive present)
prōstitī (active perfect)
prōstātum (supine)
prōstō (active first-person indicative present singular)
prōstās (active indicative present second-person singular)
prōstat (active indicative present singular third-person)
prōstāmus (active first-person indicative plural present)
prōstātis (active indicative plural present second-person)
prōstant (active indicative plural present third-person)
prōstābam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prōstābās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prōstābat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prōstābāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prōstābātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prōstābant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prōstābō (active first-person future indicative singular)
prōstābis (active future indicative second-person singular)
prōstābit (active future indicative singular third-person)
prōstābimus (active first-person future indicative plural)
prōstābitis (active future indicative plural second-person)
prōstābunt (active future indicative plural third-person)
prōstitī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
prōstitistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
prōstitit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
prōstitimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
prōstitistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
prōstitērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
prōstitēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
prōstiteram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
prōstiterās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
prōstiterat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
prōstiterāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
prōstiterātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
prōstiterant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
prōstiterō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
prōstiteris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
prōstiterit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
prōstiterimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
prōstiteritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
prōstiterint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
prōstem (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
prōstēs (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstet (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstēmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
prōstētis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
prōstent (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
prōstārem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prōstārēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstāret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstārēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prōstārētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prōstārent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prōstiterim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
prōstiterīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstiterit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstiterīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
prōstiterītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prōstiterint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prōstitissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
prōstitissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstitisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstitissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
prōstitissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prōstitissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prōstā (active imperative present second-person singular)
prōstāte (active imperative plural present second-person)
prōstātō (active future imperative second-person singular)
prōstātō (active future imperative singular third-person)
prōstātōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
prōstantō (active future imperative plural third-person)
prōstāre (active infinitive present)
prōstāns (active participle present)
prōstātūrum esse (active future infinitive)
prōstātūrus (active future participle)
prōstitisse (active infinitive perfect)
prōstātūrum fuisse (active infinitive perfect potential)
prōstandī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
prōstandō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
prōstandum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
prōstandō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
prōstātum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
prōstātū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)


Hermaphroditus

la-proper noun

Hermaphrodītus m sg (genitive Hermaphrodītī); second declension

Hermaphrodītus (canonical masculine singular)
Hermaphrodītī (genitive)
Hermaphrodītus (nominative singular)
Hermaphrodītī (genitive singular)
Hermaphrodītō (dative singular)
Hermaphrodītum (accusative singular)
Hermaphrodītō (ablative singular)
Hermaphrodīte (singular vocative)

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος (Hermaphródītos).

bor

Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος


prostituo

la-verb

prōstituō (present infinitive prōstituere, perfect active prōstituī, supine prōstitūtum); third conjugation

prōstituō (canonical)
prōstituere (infinitive present)
prōstituī (active perfect)
prōstitūtum (supine)
prōstituō (active first-person indicative present singular)
prōstituis (active indicative present second-person singular)
prōstituit (active indicative present singular third-person)
prōstituimus (active first-person indicative plural present)
prōstituitis (active indicative plural present second-person)
prōstituunt (active indicative plural present third-person)
prōstituēbam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prōstituēbās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prōstituēbat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prōstituēbāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prōstituēbātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prōstituēbant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prōstituam (active first-person future indicative singular)
prōstituēs (active future indicative second-person singular)
prōstituet (active future indicative singular third-person)
prōstituēmus (active first-person future indicative plural)
prōstituētis (active future indicative plural second-person)
prōstituent (active future indicative plural third-person)
prōstituī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
prōstituistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
prōstituit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
prōstituimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
prōstituistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
prōstituērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
prōstituēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
prōstitueram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
prōstituerās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
prōstituerat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
prōstituerāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
prōstituerātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
prōstituerant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
prōstituerō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
prōstitueris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
prōstituerit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
prōstituerimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
prōstitueritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
prōstituerint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
prōstituor (first-person indicative passive present singular)
prōstitueris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
prōstituere (indicative passive present second-person singular)
prōstituitur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
prōstituimur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
prōstituiminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
prōstituuntur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
prōstituēbar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
prōstituēbāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
prōstituēbāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
prōstituēbātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
prōstituēbāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
prōstituēbāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
prōstituēbantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
prōstituar (first-person future indicative passive singular)
prōstituēris (future indicative passive second-person singular)
prōstituēre (future indicative passive second-person singular)
prōstituētur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
prōstituēmur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
prōstituēminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
prōstituentur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
prōstituam (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
prōstituās (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstituat (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstituāmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
prōstituātis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
prōstituant (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
prōstituerem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prōstituerēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstitueret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstituerēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prōstituerētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prōstituerent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prōstituerim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
prōstituerīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstituerit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstituerīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
prōstituerītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prōstituerint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prōstituissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
prōstituissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstituisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstituissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
prōstituissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prōstituissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prōstituar (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
prōstituāris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstituāre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstituātur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstituāmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
prōstituāminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
prōstituantur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
prōstituerer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
prōstituerēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstituerēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
prōstituerētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
prōstituerēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
prōstituerēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
prōstituerentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
prōstitue (active imperative present second-person singular)
prōstituite (active imperative plural present second-person)
prōstituitō (active future imperative second-person singular)
prōstituitō (active future imperative singular third-person)
prōstituitōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
prōstituuntō (active future imperative plural third-person)
prōstituere (imperative passive present second-person singular)
prōstituiminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
prōstituitor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
prōstituitor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
prōstituuntor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
prōstituere (active infinitive present)
prōstituī (infinitive passive present)
prōstituēns (active participle present)
prōstitūtūrum esse (active future infinitive)
prōstitūtum īrī (future infinitive passive)
prōstitūtūrus (active future participle)
prōstituendus (future participle passive)
prōstituisse (active infinitive perfect)
prōstitūtum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
prōstitūtus (participle passive perfect)
prōstitūtum fore (future infinitive passive perfect)
prōstitūtūrum fuisse (active infinitive perfect potential)
prōstituendī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
prōstituendō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
prōstituendum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
prōstituendō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
prōstitūtum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
prōstitūtū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

→ Catalan: prostituir

→ Danish: prostituere

→ French: prostituer

→ Italian: prostituire

→ Norwegian Bokmål: prostituere

→ Portuguese: prostituir

→ Romanian: prostitua

Sicilian: prustituiri

→ Spanish: prostituir


bordellum

la-noun

bordellum n (genitive bordellī); second declension

bordellī (genitive)
bordellum (nominative singular)
bordella (nominative plural)
bordellī (genitive singular)
bordellōrum (genitive plural)
bordellō (dative singular)
bordellīs (dative plural)
bordellum (accusative singular)
bordella (accusative plural)
bordellō (ablative singular)
bordellīs (ablative plural)
bordellum (singular vocative)
bordella (plural vocative)

Old French: bordeal, bordel

Middle French: bordel

French: bordel (see there for further descendants)

Norman: bordé

Walloon: bordê

→ Dutch: bordeel

Afrikaans: bordeel

desc

→ Middle English: bordel, bordell, bordal

English: bordel

Italian: bordello

→ English: bordello

→ Albanian: bordello

→ Finnish: bordelli

→ Hungarian: bordély

Old Occitan: bordell

Occitan: bordell

Catalan: bordell

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: bordel

Galician: bordel

Portuguese: bordel

→ Spanish: burdel

Sicilian: burdellu

[bɔrˈd̪ɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]

Diminutive from borda (“cottage, hut”) + -ellus, from Frankish *bord (“board”).


stabulum

la-noun

stabulum n (genitive stabulī); second declension

stabulī (genitive)
stabulum (nominative singular)
stabula (nominative plural)
stabulī (genitive singular)
stabulōrum (genitive plural)
stabulō (dative singular)
stabulīs (dative plural)
stabulum (accusative singular)
stabula (accusative plural)
stabulō (ablative singular)
stabulīs (ablative plural)
stabulum (singular vocative)
stabula (plural vocative)

Late Latin: stablum (see there for further descendants)

→ Alemannic German: Stafel

→ Portuguese: estábulo

⇒ Vulgar Latin: *stabellum

→ Proto-Brythonic: *ɨstavell

Middle Welsh: ystauell

Welsh: ystafell, stafell

[ˈs̠t̪äbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

From Proto-Italic *staθlom, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- with the instrumental suffix *-dʰlom. Surface analysis st(ā) + -bulum.


fornicatrix

fornicātrīx f (genitive fornicātrīcis, masculine fornicātor); third declension

fornicātrīx (canonical feminine)
fornicātrīcis (genitive)
fornicātor (masculine)
fornicātrīx (nominative singular)
fornicātrīcēs (nominative plural)
fornicātrīcis (genitive singular)
fornicātrīcum (genitive plural)
fornicātrīcī (dative singular)
fornicātrīcibus (dative plural)
fornicātrīcem (accusative singular)
fornicātrīcēs (accusative plural)
fornicātrīce (ablative singular)
fornicātrīcibus (ablative plural)
fornicātrīx (singular vocative)
fornicātrīcēs (plural vocative)


prostitutio

prōstitūtiō f (genitive prōstitūtiōnis); third declension

prōstitūtiō (canonical feminine)
prōstitūtiōnis (genitive)
prōstitūtiō (nominative singular)
prōstitūtiōnēs (nominative plural)
prōstitūtiōnis (genitive singular)
prōstitūtiōnum (genitive plural)
prōstitūtiōnī (dative singular)
prōstitūtiōnibus (dative plural)
prōstitūtiōnem (accusative singular)
prōstitūtiōnēs (accusative plural)
prōstitūtiōne (ablative singular)
prōstitūtiōnibus (ablative plural)
prōstitūtiō (singular vocative)
prōstitūtiōnēs (plural vocative)

→ Albanian: prostitucion

→ Basque: prostituzio

desc

прастыту́цыя

→ Belarusian: прастыту́цыя (prastytúcyja)

проститу́ция

→ 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

проститу́ција

→ Macedonian: проститу́ција (prostitúcija)

→ Norwegian: prostitusjon

→ Occitan: prostitucion

→ Polish: prostytucja

→ Portuguese: prostituição

→ Romanian: prostituție

проститу́ция

→ Russian: проститу́ция (prostitúcija)

проститу́ција

→ Serbo-Croatian: проститу́ција (prostitúcija)

→ Slovak: prostitúcia

→ Slovene: prostitúcija

→ Spanish: prostitución

→ Swedish: prostitution

проститу́ція

→ Ukrainian: проститу́ція (prostytúcija)

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.

c. 155 – 240, Tertullian, chapter 6, in De pudicitia:

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.

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

2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia, Vatican:

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


prostibulum

la-noun

prōstibulum n (genitive prōstibulī); second declension

prōstibulum (canonical neuter)
prōstibulī (genitive)
prōstibulum (nominative singular)
prōstibula (nominative plural)
prōstibulī (genitive singular)
prōstibulōrum (genitive plural)
prōstibulō (dative singular)
prōstibulīs (dative plural)
prōstibulum (accusative singular)
prōstibula (accusative plural)
prōstibulō (ablative singular)
prōstibulīs (ablative plural)
prōstibulum (singular vocative)
prōstibula (plural vocative)

English: prostibule

Italian: postribolo

Portuguese: prostíbulo

Spanish: prostíbulo

[proːs̠ˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

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


scortator

la-noun

scortātor m (genitive scortātōris); third declension

scortātor (canonical masculine)
scortātōris (genitive)
scortātor (nominative singular)
scortātōrēs (nominative plural)
scortātōris (genitive singular)
scortātōrum (genitive plural)
scortātōrī (dative singular)
scortātōribus (dative plural)
scortātōrem (accusative singular)
scortātōrēs (accusative plural)
scortātōre (ablative singular)
scortātōribus (ablative plural)
scortātor (singular vocative)
scortātōrēs (plural vocative)

fornicator, whoremonger, client of a prostitute, john


neovagina

neovāgīna f (genitive neovāgīnae); first declension

neovāgīna (canonical feminine)
neovāgīnae (genitive)
neovāgīna (nominative singular)
neovāgīnae (nominative plural)
neovāgīnae (genitive singular)
neovāgīnārum (genitive plural)
neovāgīnae (dative singular)
neovāgīnīs (dative plural)
neovāgīnam (accusative singular)
neovāgīnās (accusative plural)
neovāgīnā (ablative singular)
neovāgīnīs (ablative plural)
neovāgīna (singular vocative)
neovāgīnae (plural vocative)

⇒ English: introitus neovaginae

Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + Latin vāgīna (“sheath, vagina”)

[…] vagina artificialis, seu neovagina […]

1967 January–April, R. P. D. Severino Álvarez-Menéndez, O. P., “Vicariatus Urbis Tribunal appellationis, Nullitatis matrimonii ob occlusam mulieris vaginam (Neapolitana)” (article 6, pages 165–179), in Ilmo. Sr. D. Lamberto de Echeverría y Martínez de Marigorta, editor, Revista Española de Derecho Canónico [Spanish Review of Canon Law], volume XXIII, number 64 (overall work in Latin, Italian, and German), Salamanca: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto «San Raimundo de Peñafort», →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, Jurisprudencia, § 7, page 170:

Cl.mus hic peritus — et ipse quoque coactus ad conficiendam aliquam peritiam chartulariam, ob protervam contumaciam conventae — imprimis, praecedentis melici fundamentalem thesim amplectitur de incapacitate, scilicet neovaginae conventae recipiendi virile membrum (evidenter in statu erectionis), perpensis multiplicibus defectibus receptoriis, quibus talis neovagina laborat, perpensis quoque istologicis legibus, quae textorum transplantationi, seu neoformationi in communiter contingentibus praesunt easdemque moderantur.

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Neque absque intento postrema sublineavimus verba. In casu non ideo vagina, seu neovagina est occlusa, quinimmo necessarium fuit eamdem esse occlusan, ob praeexistentem uteri ablationem atque proinde inexistentiam. Uterus, utpote naturae, non humanam, non item copulatoriam, sed bene tamen naturae generativam operam absolvens, nihil in casu refert, seu non est sic dictum relevans elementum. In casu, e contra, neovagina occlusa fuit atque occlusa esse debuit in eiusdem summa parte (“il fondo della neovagina deve essere sicuramente chiuso a cul-di-sacco”) ob ipsammet vaginam in se inspectam: “in quanto nono era possibile coniungere lo strato dermico del fondo con l’utero, organo non più esistente”. Aliis verbis: occlusio facta fuit quidem propter inexistentem uterum, sed facta fuit in euisdem neovaginae superiore parte, uterum versus.

〃, page 178

Alio elemento, isto-pathologico quidem, iuxta hunc peritum, thesis de vagina occlusa in casu confirmatur. Est hoc elementum perniciosus ille sclerotizationis processus, qui “spesso” in huius generis neovaginis instauratur.


scrapta

scrapta f (genitive scraptae); first declension

scraptae (genitive)
scrapta (nominative singular)
scraptae (nominative plural)
scraptae (genitive singular)
scraptārum (genitive plural)
scraptae (dative singular)
scraptīs (dative plural)
scraptam (accusative singular)
scraptās (accusative plural)
scraptā (ablative singular)
scraptīs (ablative plural)
scrapta (singular vocative)
scraptae (plural vocative)

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). See also Latin corium, scortum, Proto-Germanic *skeraną (whence English shear), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”).


apodix

la-noun

apodix f (genitive apodixis); third declension

apodixis (genitive)
apodix (nominative singular)
apodixēs (nominative plural)
apodixis (genitive singular)
apodixum (genitive plural)
apodixī (dative singular)
apodixibus (dative plural)
apodixem (accusative singular)
apodixēs (accusative plural)
apodixe (ablative singular)
apodixibus (ablative plural)
apodix (singular vocative)
apodixēs (plural vocative)

Probably from appendix (“one who depends on another”), attested as ampedix in Late Latin.

Cumque abisset ad mercatum, subito instigante diabolo reperit eum una apodix, id est meretrix […]

11th century, Vita S. Conwoionis Abbatis Rotonensis, chapter 10:

And when he went out to the marketplace, an apodix, that is, a prostitute, incited suddenly by the devil, found him […]


catamitus

catamītus m (genitive catamītī); second declension

catamītus (canonical masculine)
catamītī (genitive)
catamītus (nominative singular)
catamītī (nominative plural)
catamītī (genitive singular)
catamītōrum (genitive plural)
catamītō (dative singular)
catamītīs (dative plural)
catamītum (accusative singular)
catamītōs (accusative plural)
catamītō (ablative singular)
catamītīs (ablative plural)
catamīte (singular vocative)
catamītī (plural vocative)

→ English: catamite

→ Finnish: katamiitti

→ French: catamite

→ Portuguese: catamita

→ Russian: катами́т (katamít)

[kät̪äˈmiːt̪ʊs̠]

From Catamītus, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite), from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”), an attractive Trojan boy supposedly abducted to Mount Olympus by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and lover. Doublet of Ganymēdēs.

der

catamite: a boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man


scortillum

la-noun

scortillum n (genitive scortillī); second declension

scortillī (genitive)
scortillum (nominative singular)
scortilla (nominative plural)
scortillī (genitive singular)
scortillōrum (genitive plural)
scortillō (dative singular)
scortillīs (dative plural)
scortillum (accusative singular)
scortilla (accusative plural)
scortillō (ablative singular)
scortillīs (ablative plural)
scortillum (singular vocative)
scortilla (plural vocative)

[s̠kɔrˈt̪ɪlːʲʊ̃ˑ]

From scortum (“hide, skin; whore, prostitute”) + -illum (“-elle”, suffix forming diminutives).

af

little slut (a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed sexually active woman)


sellarius

la-noun

sellārius m (genitive sellāriī or sellārī); second declension

sellārius (canonical masculine)
sellāriī (genitive)
sellārī (genitive)
sellārius (nominative singular)
sellāriī (nominative plural)
sellāriī (genitive singular)
sellārī (genitive singular)
sellāriōrum (genitive plural)
sellāriō (dative singular)
sellāriīs (dative plural)
sellārium (accusative singular)
sellāriōs (accusative plural)
sellāriō (ablative singular)
sellāriīs (ablative plural)
sellārī (singular vocative)
sellāriī (plural vocative)

→ English: sellary (learned)

[s̠ɛlˈlʲäːriʊs̠]

tuncque primum ignota antea vocabula reperta sunt sellariorum et spintriarum ex foeditate loci

1598 translation by Richard Greenway
Then first of all were those vnknowen words of Sellaries and Spintries found out of the filthines of the place.


puer delicatus

puer dēlicātus m (genitive puerī dēlicātī); second declension

puer dēlicātus (canonical masculine)
puerī dēlicātī (genitive)
puer dēlicātus (nominative singular)
puerī dēlicātī (nominative plural)
puerī dēlicātī (genitive singular)
puerōrum dēlicātōrum (genitive plural)
puerō dēlicātō (dative singular)
puerīs dēlicātīs (dative plural)
puerum dēlicātum (accusative singular)
puerōs dēlicātōs (accusative plural)
puerō dēlicātō (ablative singular)
puerīs dēlicātīs (ablative plural)
puer dēlicāte (singular vocative)
puerī dēlicātī (plural vocative)

[ˈpuɛr d̪eːlʲɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]