noun · masculinefourth declension
prōfectus
prōfectus m (genitive prōfectūs)
Meaning
- advance, progress, effect, increase, growth, profit, success
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōfectus | prōfectūs |
| genitive | prōfectūs | prōfectuum |
| dative | prōfectuī | prōfectibus |
| accusative | prōfectum | prōfectūs |
| ablative | prōfectū | prōfectibus |
| vocative | prōfectus | prōfectūs |
prōfectus, a, um, Part., from proficio
prŏfectus, a, um, Part., from proficiscor
prōfectus (with the first syllable short, Aus. ldyll. 4, 70), ūs, m. proficio,
I. advance, progress, effect, increase, growth, profit, success (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
sine profectu, Ov M. 9, 50: verbaque profectu dissimulata carent, id. P. 3, 9, 40; Col. 1, 4, 5; Varr. R. R. 1, 223; Quint. 10, 3, 2; 12, 6, 4; 1, 2, 26: in quo quantum esset ingenii, quantum etiam profectus, sermo primus ostendit, progress, Sen. Ep. 11, 1: experimentum profectus tui capere animi firmitate, id. ib. 20, 1: donec blandlente profectu prodire in scenam concupiit, Suet. Ner. 20: puer magni profectus in eā arte obiit, Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 21.—So, the improvement, convalescence of the sick, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 54.—In plur.: in similitudine et temporum et profectuum, Vell. 1, 16, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prōfectus
P. of proficio.
profectus
P. of proficiscor.
prōfectus —, abl. ū, m
pro+2 FAC-, advance, effect, increase, profit, success : sine profectu, O.: profectu carere, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin prōfectus From prōficiō + -tus (forming action nouns).
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchprofitfrom Old French porfit
- Italianprofittofrom Old French porfit
- GermanProfitfrom Old French porfit
- Englishprofitfrom Old French porfit
- Franco-Provençalprofeit
- Franco-Provençalprofiet
- Normanprofitfrom Old French porfit
- Dutchprofijtfrom Old French porfit
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanprofit
- Occitanprofièch
- Occitanprofièit
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseproveitofrom Old Galician-Portuguese proveito
- Spanishprovechofrom Old Spanish provecho
- Asturianprovechu
- Galicianproveitofrom Old Galician-Portuguese proveito
- Aragoneseprofeitofrom Old Navarro-Aragonese profieyto
- Aragoneseproveitofrom Old Navarro-Aragonese profieyto
- Aragoneseprofitofrom Old Navarro-Aragonese profieyto
- Aragoneseprofitfrom Old Navarro-Aragonese profieyto
- Ladinoprovechofrom Old Spanish provecho
Italo-Romance
- Italianprofetto
Borrowings
- Englishprofect