Lewis & Short

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prō-sto, stĭti, stātum, 1, v. n.

  1. * I. To stand forth, stand out, project: angellis prostantibus, Lucr. 2, 428.
  2. II. To stand in a public place.
    1. A. Of a seller, to offer one’s wares for sale, carry on one’s business (cf. propono): hi (lenones) saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21.
    2. B. Of wares, to be set out or exposed for sale: liber prostat, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 2.
      1. 2. In partic., to sell one’s body, prostitute one’s self: 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.
        1. b. Transf.: illud amicitiae quondam venerabile numen Prostat et in quaestu pro meretrice sedet, prostitutes herself, is venal, Ov. P. 2, 3, 20.