proficio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈfi.ki.oː/, [proːˈfɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [proˈfiːt͡ʃio]

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, 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōficere	prōfēcisse	prōfectūrum esse	prōficī	prōfectum esse	prōfectum īrī
participles		prōficiēns	—	prōfectūrus	—	prōfectus	prōficiendus, prōficiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōficiendī	prōficiendō	prōficiendum	prōficiendō	prōfectum	prōfectū

Derived terms

• prōfectus
• proficīscor
• prōficuus

Descendants

• Old French: profit
  • French: profit
  • → English: 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