LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst/second-declension participle

prŏfessus

prŏfessus (feminine prŏfessa, neuter prŏfessum)

Meaning

  1. participlehaving confessed, acknowledged, avowed, professed, declared
  2. participlehaving promised
  3. participletaken in the passive voice: declared
    nūmina volgārēs Veneris celebrātē puellae:Praise the divine will of Venus for a young woman, if you are prostituting: Venus is very favorable to the earnings of [those] having been declared. (Prostitution in Ancient Rome: Prostitutes were required to declare or register themselves with the aedile.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.865–866

prŏfessus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from profiteor

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprŏfessus

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Italic *fatēōr Latin fateor Latin prōfiteor Latin professus Perfect active participle of prŏfiteor.

Descendants
  • Portugueseprofessofrom Old Galician-Portuguese profeso
  • Galicianprofesofrom Old Galician-Portuguese profeso

Quick answers

What does prŏfessus mean in Latin?
prŏfessus, a verb, means “having confessed, acknowledged, avowed, professed, declared; having promised; taken in the passive voice: declared”.
What are the principal parts of prŏfessus?
prŏfessus, prŏfessa, prŏfessum (first/second-declension participle).
Where does prŏfessus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prŏfessus.