proficio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *prōfakjō. Equivalent to prō- +‎ faciō (“make, construct”).

Pronunciation

Verb

prōficiō (present infinitive prōficere, perfect active prōfēcī, supine prōfectum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. to advance, make progress, make headway
    Synonyms: prōgredior, adorior, prodeo, procedo, adeo, incedo, gradior, succēdō, subeō, ēvehō, aggredior
    Antonyms: discedo, digredior, facesso, excedo, degredior, deficio, decedo
  2. to benefit, profit, take advantage
  3. to help, contribute, be useful
    Synonyms: adiuvō, iuvō, foveō, assistō, expediō, succurrō, prōsum, cōnferō, valeō
    Antonym: officiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōficiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōficiō prōficis prōficit prōficimus prōficitis prōficiunt
imperfect prōficiēbam prōficiēbās prōficiēbat prōficiēbāmus prōficiēbātis prōficiēbant
future prōficiam prōficiēs prōficiet prōficiēmus prōficiētis prōficient
perfect prōfēcī prōfēcistī prōfēcit prōfēcimus prōfēcistis prōfēcērunt,
prōfēcēre
pluperfect prōfēceram prōfēcerās prōfēcerat prōfēcerāmus prōfēcerātis prōfēcerant
future perfect prōfēcerō prōfēceris prōfēcerit prōfēcerimus prōfēceritis prōfēcerint
passive present prōficior prōficeris,
prōficere 		prōficitur prōficimur prōficiminī prōficiuntur
imperfect prōficiēbar prōficiēbāris,
prōficiēbāre 		prōficiēbātur prōficiēbāmur prōficiēbāminī prōficiēbantur
future prōficiar prōficiēris,
prōficiēre 		prōficiētur prōficiēmur prōficiēminī prōficientur
perfect prōfectus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect prōfectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect prōfectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōficiam prōficiās prōficiat prōficiāmus prōficiātis prōficiant
imperfect prōficerem prōficerēs prōficeret prōficerēmus prōficerētis prōficerent
perfect prōfēcerim prōfēcerīs prōfēcerit prōfēcerīmus prōfēcerītis prōfēcerint
pluperfect prōfēcissem prōfēcissēs prōfēcisset prōfēcissēmus prōfēcissētis prōfēcissent
passive present prōficiar prōficiāris,
prōficiāre 		prōficiātur prōficiāmur prōficiāminī prōficiantur
imperfect prōficerer prōficerēris,
prōficerēre 		prōficerētur prōficerēmur prōficerēminī prōficerentur
perfect prōfectus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect prōfectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — prōfice — — prōficite —
future — prōficitō prōficitō — prōficitōte prōficiuntō
passive present — prōficere — — prōficiminī —
future — prōficitor prōficitor — — prōficiuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present prōficere prōficī prōficiēns —
future prōfectūrum esse prōfectum īrī prōfectūrus prōficiendus,
prōficiundus
perfect prōfēcisse prōfectum esse — prōfectus
future perfect — prōfectum fore — —
perfect potential prōfectūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
prōficiendī prōficiendō prōficiendum prōficiendō prōfectum prōfectū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old French: profit
  • Norman: porfire
  • Spanish: aprovecer
  • ⇒ Spanish: aprovechar
  • → Dutch: proficiat
  • → English: proficient

References

  • “proficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “proficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • proficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be brought up in some one's school: e disciplina alicuius profectum esse
    • to make progress in a subject: in aliqua re progressus facere, proficere, progredi
    • I am not dissatisfied with my progress: non me paenitet, quantum profecerim
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