proficio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈfɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]

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

• prōfectus
• proficīscor
• prōficuus

Descendants

• Asturian: provecer
• Old French: profit
  • French: profit
  • → English: profit
• Norman: porfire
• Spanish: aprovecer
• Portuguese: aproveitar
• → 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, 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