prosum
See also: prosům
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + sum (“I am”). See also probus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.sum/, [ˈproːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.sum/, [ˈprɔːs̬um]
Verb
prōsum (present infinitive prōdesse, perfect active prōfuī, future participle prōfutūrus); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle
- (with a dative) I am useful or of use, do good, help, benefit, profit.
- Synonyms: iuvō, adiuvō, foveō, assistō, prōficiō, adiūtō, succurrō, cōnferō, adsum
- Antonym: officiō
- c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian :
- Nocere facile est, prodesse difficile.
- It is easy to do harm, difficult to do good.
- Nocere facile est, prodesse difficile.
- Cicero, Cato maior de senectute, VII, 24 :
- Serit arbores, quae alteri saeclo prosint
- Plant the trees, so that they may serve another generation
- Serit arbores, quae alteri saeclo prosint
- I serve
- Synonym: mereō
- (of medicines) I am good or beneficial.
- c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 4.267:
- proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem […]
- It is good too to blend a taste of pounded oak-apples […]
- proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem […]
Conjugation
| Conjugation of prōsum (highly irregular, suppletive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōsum | prōdes | prōdest | prōsumus | prōdestis | prōsunt |
| imperfect | prōderam | prōderās | prōderat | prōderāmus | prōderātis | prōderant | |
| future | prōderō | prōderis, prōdere | prōderit | prōderimus | prōderitis | prōderunt | |
| perfect | prōfuī | prōfuistī | prōfuit | prōfuimus | prōfuistis | prōfuērunt, prōfuēre | |
| pluperfect | prōfueram | prōfuerās | prōfuerat | prōfuerāmus | prōfuerātis | prōfuerant | |
| future perfect | prōfuerō | prōfueris | prōfuerit | prōfuerimus | prōfueritis | prōfuerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōsim | prōsīs | prōsit | prōsīmus | prōsītis | prōsint |
| imperfect | prōdessem, prōforem | prōdessēs, prōforēs | prōdesset, prōforet | prōdessēmus, prōforēmus | prōdessētis, prōforētis | prōdessent, prōforent | |
| perfect | prōfuerim | prōfuerīs | prōfuerit | prōfuerīmus | prōfuerītis | prōfuerint | |
| pluperfect | prōfuissem | prōfuissēs | prōfuisset | prōfuissēmus | prōfuissētis | prōfuissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | prōdes | — | — | prōdeste | — |
| future | — | prōdestō | prōdestō | — | prōdestōte | prōsuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | prōdesse | prōfuisse | prōfutūrum esse, prōfore | — | — | — | |
| participles | — | — | prōfutūrus | — | — | — | |
Derived terms
- prōde (Late Latin)
Related terms
- absum
- adsum
- dēsum
- īnsum
- intersum
- obsum
- possum
- praesum
- subsum
- sum
- supersum
Descendants
- → Dutch: proost
- → German: prosit, prost
- → Danish: prosit
- → English: prosit
- → Sicilian: pròsita
- → Swedish: prosit
References
- “prosum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prosum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prosum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- prosum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016