profor

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ for (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔ.fɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.for]

Verb

profor (present infinitive profārī or profārier, perfect active profātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to speak out
   • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Sermonum Liber I 1.6:

     Infans namque pudor prohibebat plura profari...

     Speechless and for bashfulness prohibited that I speak out many things...

Conjugation

   Conjugation of profor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	profor		profāris, profāre		profātur		profāmur		profāminī		profantur
	imperfect	profābar		profābāris, profābāre		profābātur		profābāmur		profābāminī		profābantur
	future	profābor		profāberis, profābere		profābitur		profābimur		profābiminī		profābuntur
	perfect	profātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	profātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	profātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	profer		profēris, profēre		profētur		profēmur		profēminī		profentur
	imperfect	profārer		profārēris, profārēre		profārētur		profārēmur		profārēminī		profārentur
	perfect	profātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	profātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		profāre		—		—		profāminī		—
	future	—		profātor		profātor		—		—		profantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		profārī, profārier1			—			profāns			—
future		profātūrum esse			—			profātūrus			profandus
perfect		profātum esse			—			profātus			—
future perfect		profātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		profātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		profandī		profandō		profandum		profandō		profātum		profātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

• “profor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “profor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.