profectus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Action noun from prōficiō.
Noun[edit]
prōfectus m (genitive prōfectūs); fourth declension
- advance, progress, effect, increase, growth, profit, success
- Synonyms: commodum, usus, commoditas
- Antonym: incommodum
Declension[edit]
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prōfectus | prōfectūs |
Genitive | prōfectūs | prōfectuum |
Dative | prōfectuī | prōfectibus |
Accusative | prōfectum | prōfectūs |
Ablative | prōfectū | prōfectibus |
Vocative | prōfectus | prōfectūs |
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → English: profect
Etymology 2[edit]
Perfect passive participle of prōficiō.
Participle[edit]
prōfectus (feminine prōfecta, neuter prōfectum); first/second-declension participle
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | prōfectus | prōfecta | prōfectum | prōfectī | prōfectae | prōfecta | |
Genitive | prōfectī | prōfectae | prōfectī | prōfectōrum | prōfectārum | prōfectōrum | |
Dative | prōfectō | prōfectō | prōfectīs | ||||
Accusative | prōfectum | prōfectam | prōfectum | prōfectōs | prōfectās | prōfecta | |
Ablative | prōfectō | prōfectā | prōfectō | prōfectīs | |||
Vocative | prōfecte | prōfecta | prōfectum | prōfectī | prōfectae | prōfecta |
Etymology 3[edit]
Perfect active participle of proficīscor.
Participle[edit]
profectus (feminine profecta, neuter profectum); first/second-declension participle
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | profectus | profecta | profectum | profectī | profectae | profecta | |
Genitive | profectī | profectae | profectī | profectōrum | profectārum | profectōrum | |
Dative | profectō | profectō | profectīs | ||||
Accusative | profectum | profectam | profectum | profectōs | profectās | profecta | |
Ablative | profectō | profectā | profectō | profectīs | |||
Vocative | profecte | profecta | profectum | profectī | profectae | profecta |
References[edit]
- “profectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “profectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- profectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- profectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- disciples of Plato, Platonists: qui sunt a Platone or a Platonis disciplina; qui profecti sunt a Platone; Platonici
- disciples of Plato, Platonists: qui sunt a Platone or a Platonis disciplina; qui profecti sunt a Platone; Platonici
- profectus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “profectus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 427
- “profit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.