profiteor

Latin

Etymology

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From prō- +‎ fateor (“acknowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.te.or/, [prɔˈfɪt̪eɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.te.or/, [proˈfiːt̪eor]

Verb

prŏfiteor (present infinitive prŏfitērī, perfect active prŏfessus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. I declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess.
2. I offer freely, promise.
3. I profess, claim; I declare myself (as), practice (as).
4. I make a show of, show, display.
5. I make a public statement or a return of.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prŏfiteor (second conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prŏfiteor	prŏfitēris, prŏfitēre	prŏfitētur	prŏfitēmur	prŏfitēminī	prŏfitentur
	imperfect	prŏfitēbar	prŏfitēbāris, prŏfitēbāre	prŏfitēbātur	prŏfitēbāmur	prŏfitēbāminī	prŏfitēbantur
	future	prŏfitēbor	prŏfitēberis, prŏfitēbere	prŏfitēbitur	prŏfitēbimur	prŏfitēbiminī	prŏfitēbuntur
	perfect	prŏfessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prŏfessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prŏfessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prŏfitear	prŏfiteāris, prŏfiteāre	prŏfiteātur	prŏfiteāmur	prŏfiteāminī	prŏfiteantur
	imperfect	prŏfitērer	prŏfitērēris, prŏfitērēre	prŏfitērētur	prŏfitērēmur	prŏfitērēminī	prŏfitērentur
	perfect	prŏfessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prŏfessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prŏfitēre	—	—	prŏfitēminī	—
	future	—	prŏfitētor	prŏfitētor	—	—	prŏfitentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prŏfitērī	prŏfessum esse	prŏfessūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		prŏfitēns	prŏfessus	prŏfessūrus	—	—	prŏfitendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prŏfitendī	prŏfitendō	prŏfitendum	prŏfitendō	prŏfessum	prŏfessū

Old forms are:

• infinitive: prŏfitērei
• 2nd person singular imperative future: prŏfitēminō

Derived terms

• prŏfessiō
• prŏfessor
• prŏfessus

Related terms

• cōnfiteor
• diffiteor
• fateor

References

• “profiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profiteor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to speak the truth, admit the truth: verum dicere, profiteri
    
  • to be a philosopher, physician by profession: philosophiam, medicinam profiteri
    
  • to be a philosopher, physician by profession: se philosophum, medicum (esse) profiteri
    
  • men of that profession: qui ista profitentur
    
  • to be a follower, disciple of some one: disciplinam alicuius profiteri
    
  • to profess an art: artem profiteri
    
  • to become a candidate: nomen profiteri or simply profiteri
    
  • to enlist oneself: nomen (nomina) dare, profiteri
    
• profiteor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016