verbirregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund
prōsum
prōsum (present infinitive prōdesse, perfect active prōfuī, future active participle prōfutūrus)
Classical[ˈproː.sũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.s̬um]
№ 373 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- suppletiveto be useful or of use, do good, help, benefit, profit
Nocere facile est, prodesse difficile.
It is easy to do harm, difficult to do good.c. 95 CE, Quintilianus, Institutio oratoriaSerit arbores, quae alteri saeclo prosint
Plant the trees, so that they may serve another generationCicero, Cato maior de senectute, VII, 24 - suppletiveto serve
- suppletiveto be good or beneficial
proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem […]
It is good too to blend a taste of pounded oak-apples […]c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 4.267
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ūtilis sumprōsum, prōfutūrus — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 8 and IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 3
Conjugation future irregular no supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōsum | prōderam | prōderō | prōfuī | prōfueram | prōfuerō |
| 2nd sg. | prōdes | prōderās | prōderis prōdere | prōfuistī | prōfuerās | prōfueris |
| 3rd sg. | prōdest | prōderat | prōderit | prōfuit | prōfuerat | prōfuerit |
| 1st pl. | prōsumus | prōderāmus | prōderimus | prōfuimus | prōfuerāmus | prōfuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | prōdestis | prōderātis | prōderitis | prōfuistis | prōfuerātis | prōfueritis |
| 3rd pl. | prōsunt | prōderant | prōderunt | prōfuērunt prōfuēre | prōfuerant | prōfuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōsim prōsiem, prōfuam | prōdessem prōforem | prōfuerim | prōfuissem |
| 2nd sg. | prōsīs prōsiēs, prōfuās | prōdessēs prōforēs | prōfuerīs | prōfuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | prōsit prōsiet, prōfuat | prōdesset prōforet | prōfuerit | prōfuisset |
| 1st pl. | prōsīmus prōsiēmus, prōfuāmus | prōdessēmus prōforēmus | prōfuerīmus | prōfuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | prōsītis prōsiētis, prōfuātis | prōdessētis prōforētis | prōfuerītis | prōfuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | prōsint prōsient, prōfuant | prōdessent prōforent | prōfuerint | prōfuissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | prōdes | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | prōdeste | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | prōdestō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | prōdestō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | prōdestōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | prōsuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | prōdesse | — |
| perfect infinitive | prōfuisse | — |
| future infinitive | prōfutūrum esse prōfore | — |
| future participle | prōfutūrus prōfutūra, prōfutūrā, prōfutūrae, prōfutūram, prōfutūrārum, prōfutūrās, prōfutūre, prōfutūrī, prōfutūrīs, prōfutūrō, prōfutūrōrum, prōfutūrōs, prōfutūrum | — |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- fidem prodere
- to break one's word.
- exemplum edere, prodere
- to set an example.
- nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
- to win renown amongst posterity by some act.
prō-sum, fŭi, prōdesse, v. n.,
I. to be useful or of use, to do good, benefit, profit.
I. In gen., constr. with dat., a subjectclause, or absol., rarely with ad or in and acc.: sibi prodesse, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 2 (Trag. v. 310 Vahl.); cf.:
qui nec sibi nec alteri prosunt, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36: multis, id. Lael. 1, 4: nihil tibi litterae meae proderunt, id. Fam. 2, 17, 7.—With subj.-clause: multum prodest ea quae metuuntur ipsa contemnere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64: iis carum et jucundum esse maxime prodest, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 16; cf. id. ib. 11, 43: quid mihi fingere prodest? Ov. M. 13, 935: nec quicquam tibi prodest Aërias tentasse domos, Hor. C. 1, 28, 4; id. Epod. 17, 60; id. S. 1, 2, 113: quae scire magis juvat quam prodest, Sen. Ep. 106, 3.—Absol.: prodesse aequom est, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 11: quorum altera prosunt, Cin. Fin. 3, 21, 69: studia aliena ac nihil profutura, Sall. J. 1, 5: magis tamen Menenianum profuit judicium, Liv. 2, 52; Quint. 4, 1, 3; 11, 1, 9: quae nocuere sequar, fugiam quae profore credam, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 11: aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poëtae, id. A. P. 333: tu tantum corpore prodes, Nos animo, Ov. M. 13, 365.— With ad or in and acc.: id mirum, quantum profuit ad concordiam civitatis, Liv. 2, 1: in id quoque prodest, ut, etc., Quint. 8, 3, 9: in commune, id. 6, 1, 7.—With abl.: constantia multum prodest in amore, Prop. 2, 26, 27.—II. In partic., of medicines, to be good, be beneficial:
fabam voci prodesse, Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 141: balineum assumo, quia prodest, Plin. Ep. 7, 21, 3: ad tormina, Plin. 22, 25, 63, § 131: contra ignem sacrum, id. 20, 7, 25, § 59.—With inf.: contra anginas tritum in poscā gargarizare prodest, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 52.prōsum, = prorsum, q. v.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prō-sum prōfuī, prōdesse
(inf fut. prōfore, H.), to be useful, be of use, do good, benefit, profit, serve: prodesse aequomst, T.: quorum altera prosunt: aliena ac nihil profutura petunt, S.: magis Menenianum profuit iudicium, L.: fugiam quae profore credam, H.: tu tantum corpore prodes, Nos animo, O.: Qui ipse sibi prodesse non quit, Enn. ap. C.: nihil tibi litterae meae proderunt: quantum profuit ad concordiam civitatis, L.: quid prodest fundum habere?: quid mihi fingere prodest? O.: nec quicquam tibi prodest tentasse, etc., H.: prosit (Flacco), quod, etc.
Origins
From prō- + sum (“to be”). See also probus.
German
- Englishprositfrom unknown prosit
- Basqueprostfrom unknown prosit
- Estonianproositfrom unknown prosit
- unknownprost
Elsewhere
- Italianprosit
- Dutchproost
- Danishprosit
- Malteseprosit
- Norwegian Bokmålprosit
- Norwegian Nynorskprosit
- Sicilianpròsita
- Swedishprosit