proficiscor
Latin
Etymology
From prōficiō (“I advance, I make headway”) + -īscō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pro.fiˈkiːs.kor/, [prɔfɪˈkiːs̠kɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.fiˈt͡ʃis.kor/, [profiˈt͡ʃiskor]
Verb
prŏficīscor (present infinitive prŏficīscī, perfect active prŏfectus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I set out, depart, leave.
- Synonyms: discēdō, iter faciō, abeō, eō, dēserō
- Ex Italiā profectus est. ― He departed from Italy.
- Aureliā viā ad Galliam profectae sunt'. ― They left towards Gallia through the Via Aurelia.
- In Italiam nōndum proficīscitur. ― S/he isn't departing for Italy yet.
- 44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippicae 2.75:
- Profectus est aliquandō tandem in Hispāniam; sed tūtō, ut ait, pervenīre nōn potuit.
- He finally left for Hispania, but, as he said, he could not arrive without peril.
- Profectus est aliquandō tandem in Hispāniam; sed tūtō, ut ait, pervenīre nōn potuit.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of prŏficīscor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prŏficīscor | prŏficīsceris, prŏficīscere | prŏficīscitur | prŏficīscimur | prŏficīsciminī | prŏficīscuntur |
| imperfect | prŏficīscēbar | prŏficīscēbāris, prŏficīscēbāre | prŏficīscēbātur | prŏficīscēbāmur | prŏficīscēbāminī | prŏficīscēbantur | |
| future | prŏficīscar | prŏficīscēris, prŏficīscēre | prŏficīscētur | prŏficīscēmur | prŏficīscēminī | prŏficīscentur | |
| perfect | prŏfectus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prŏfectus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | prŏfectus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prŏficīscar | prŏficīscāris, prŏficīscāre | prŏficīscātur | prŏficīscāmur | prŏficīscāminī | prŏficīscantur |
| imperfect | prŏficīscerer | prŏficīscerēris, prŏficīscerēre | prŏficīscerētur | prŏficīscerēmur | prŏficīscerēminī | prŏficīscerentur | |
| perfect | prŏfectus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prŏfectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | prŏficīscere | — | — | prŏficīsciminī | — |
| future | — | prŏficīscitor | prŏficīscitor | — | — | prŏficīscuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | prŏficīscī | prŏfectum esse | prŏfectūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | prŏficīscēns | prŏfectus | prŏfectūrus | — | — | prŏficīscendus, prŏficīscundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| prŏficīscendī | prŏficīscendō | prŏficīscendum | prŏficīscendō | prŏfectum | prŏfectū | ||
Derived terms
- profectīcius (Late Latin)
- profectiō
- profector
- profectus
References
- “proficiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “proficiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- proficiscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to invade the territory of the Sequani: in Sequanos proficisci
- to set out by the Appian road: Appia via proficisci
- to go abroad: peregre proficisci
- to advance in the direction of Rome: Romam versus proficisci
- to set out for Rome: ad Romam proficisci
- he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci
- to start from small beginnings: ab exiguis initiis proficisci
- to originate in, arise from: ab aliqua re proficisci
- to be based on a sound principle: a certa ratione proficisci
- to start from false premises: a falsis principiis proficisci
- to start from a definition: a definitione proficisci
- to go into exile: in exsilium ire, pergere, proficisci
- to set out for one's province: in provinciam proficisci (Liv. 38. 35)
- to go to Cilicia as pro-consul: pro consule in Ciliciam proficisci
- to go to war, commence a campaign: proficisci ad bellum, in expeditionem (Sall. Iug. 103)
- to invade the territory of the Sequani: in Sequanos proficisci