profectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Action noun from prōficiō.

Noun

prōfectus m (genitive prōfectūs); fourth declension

1. advance, progress, effect, increase, growth, profit, success

Declension

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

• Asturian: provechu
• Catalan: profit
• English: profit, profect
• French: profit

• Galician: proveito
• Italian: profitto
• Portuguese: proveito
• Spanish: provecho

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of prōficiō.

Participle

prōfectus (feminine prōfecta, neuter prōfectum); first/second-declension participle

1. advanced, progressed
2. effected, accomplished, obtained

Declension

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

Perfect active participle of proficīscor.

Participle

prŏfectus (feminine prŏfecta, neuter prŏfectum); first/second-declension participle

1. departed, left, having departed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prŏfectus	prŏfecta	prŏfectum		prŏfectī	prŏfectae	prŏfecta
Genitive	prŏfectī	prŏfectae	prŏfectī		prŏfectōrum	prŏfectārum	prŏfectōrum
Dative	prŏfectō		prŏfectō		prŏfectīs
Accusative	prŏfectum	prŏfectam	prŏfectum		prŏfectōs	prŏfectās	prŏfecta
Ablative	prŏfectō	prŏfectā	prŏfectō		prŏfectīs
Vocative	prŏfecte	prŏfecta	prŏfectum		prŏfectī	prŏfectae	prŏfecta

References

• “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
    
• 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