prosthetic

[Gr. prosthetikos, from prost i them i to add.] Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter to a word. *pros-tib-u-lous, a . [Lat. prostibulum =a prostitute.] Pertaining to prostitution, meretricious, fornicating. pros-ti-tüte, v . t . & i . [Lat. prost i tutus , pa. par. of prostituo =to set forth, to expose openly, to prostitute: pro openly, and statuo =to place; Fr. pros tituer ; Sp. prostituir .] IMG:content-1637.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who will undertake the basest employment for hire. ( Byron : Childe Harold , iv. 113.)