proficio

Latin

Etymology

From 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

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
to benefit, profit, take advantage
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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	prōfice		—	—	prōficite		—
active	future	—	prōficitō		prōficitō	—	prōficitōte		prōficiuntō
passive	present	—	prōficere		—	—	prōficiminī		—
passive	future	—	prōficitor		prōficitor	—	—		prōficiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

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^[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