"prostitutio" meaning in Latin

See prostitutio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [proːs.tɪˈtuː.ti.oː] [Classical-Latin], [pros.tiˈtut.t͡si.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From prōstituō + -tiō. Etymology templates: {{suf|la|prōstituō|tiō}} prōstituō + -tiō Head templates: {{la-noun|prōstitūtiō<3>}} prōstitūtiō f (genitive prōstitūtiōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|prōstitūtiō<3>}} Forms: prōstitūtiō [canonical, feminine], prōstitūtiōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], 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]
  1. prostitution Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-prostitutio-la-noun-yR16IIHc Categories (other): Prostitution Disambiguation of Prostitution: 99 1
  2. dishonoring, profaning Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-prostitutio-la-noun-LcX6dKNk Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tio, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 40 60 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tio: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
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      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "prostitucion"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "prostituzio"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
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        "borrowed"
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      "roman": "prastytúcyja",
      "word": "прастыту́цыя"
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "prostitució"
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      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "prostituce"
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    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "word": "prostitution"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "prostituutio"
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    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "prostitution"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "gl",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "prostitución"
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    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "Prostitution"
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "prostitúció"
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    {
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "lang_code": "oc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "prostitucion"
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "prostytucja"
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    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "prostituição"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
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        "borrowed"
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    {
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      "roman": "prostitúcija",
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    {
      "lang": "Slovene",
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "prostitúcija"
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    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
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        "borrowed"
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    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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  "etymology_text": "From prōstituō + -tiō.",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "prōstitūtiōnis",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prōstitūtiōne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
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          "orig": "la:Prostitution",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              92,
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            ]
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              139,
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          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "c. 155 – 240, Tertullian, chapter 6, in De pudicitia:",
          "text": "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.",
          "translation": "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.",
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              70,
              82
            ]
          ],
          "english": "[…] about those reprehensible situations where people are forced into prostitution.",
          "ref": "2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia, Vatican:",
          "text": "[…]de illarum personarum condicione, quae ad prostitutionem agendam coguntur.",
          "translation": "[…] about those reprehensible situations where people are forced into prostitution.",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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          ],
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            [
              139,
              151
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          ],
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "c. 155 – 240, Tertullian, chapter 6, in De pudicitia:",
          "text": "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.",
          "translation": "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.",
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            [
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          "english": "[…] about those reprehensible situations where people are forced into prostitution.",
          "ref": "2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia, Vatican:",
          "text": "[…]de illarum personarum condicione, quae ad prostitutionem agendam coguntur.",
          "translation": "[…] about those reprehensible situations where people are forced into prostitution.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prostitution"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prostitution",
          "prostitution"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dishonoring, profaning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dishonoring",
          "dishonoring"
        ],
        [
          "profaning",
          "profaning"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[proːs.tɪˈtuː.ti.oː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pros.tiˈtut.t͡si.o]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prostitutio"
}

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