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Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin prō-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin faciō
Latin prōficiō

    From prō- + faciō (“make, construct”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

    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 (-iō variant) conjugation)
    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 prō̆fēcī prō̆fēcistī prō̆fēcit prō̆fēcimus prō̆fēcistis prō̆fēcērunt,
    prō̆fēcēre
    pluperfect prō̆fēceram prō̆fēcerās prō̆fēcerat prō̆fēcerāmus prō̆fēcerātis prō̆fēcerant
    future perfect prō̆fēcerō prō̆fēceris prō̆fēcerit prō̆fēcerimus prō̆fēceritis prō̆fēcerint
    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 prō̆fectus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect prō̆fectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect prō̆fectus + 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 prō̆fēcerim prō̆fēcerīs prō̆fēcerit prō̆fēcerīmus prō̆fēcerītis prō̆fēcerint
    pluperfect prō̆fēcissem prō̆fēcissēs prō̆fēcisset prō̆fēcissēmus prō̆fēcissētis prō̆fēcissent
    passive present prōficiar prōficiāris,
    prōficiāre     		prōficiātur prōficiāmur prōficiāminī prōficiantur
    imperfect prōficerer prōficerēris,
    prōficerēre     		prōficerētur prōficerēmur prōficerēminī prōficerentur
    perfect prō̆fectus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect prō̆fectus + 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 prō̆fectūrum esse prō̆fectum īrī prō̆fectūrus prōficiendus,
    prōficiundus
    perfect prō̆fēcisse prō̆fectum esse — prō̆fectus
    future perfect — prō̆fectum fore — —
    perfect potential prō̆fectūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    prōficiendī prōficiendō prōficiendum prōficiendō prō̆fectum prō̆fectū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    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
    source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proficio