prō-sto
stĭti, stātum, 1, v. n.
I.
To stand forth, stand out, project: angellis prostantibus, Lucr. 2, 428.—
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): hi (lenones) saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21.—
B.
Of wares, to be set out or exposed for sale: liber prostat, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 2.—
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.—
b.
Transf.: illud amicitiae quondam venerabile numen Prostat et in quaestu pro meretrice sedet, Ov. P. 2, 3, 20.