Prosto, prostas, próstiti, próstitum, pennlt, cor. prostâre. Plaut.To stande farre off, or farre out. To stand afore. To stand to be solde or hyred.Anguli prostanres. Lucr. Corners standing out. Prostare dicitur mulier. Quint. To be a common woman and readie to be hyred of all men for mouey.Pretio prostare.Ouid.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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,