profectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Action noun from prōficiō.

Noun

prōfectus m (genitive prōfectūs); fourth declension

1. advance, progress, effect, increase, growth, profit, success

   Synonyms: commodum, usus, commoditas

   Antonym: incommodum

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōfectus	prōfectūs
Genitive	prōfectūs	prōfectuum
Dative	prōfectuī	prōfectibus
Accusative	prōfectum	prōfectūs
Ablative	prōfectū	prōfectibus
Vocative	prōfectus	prōfectūs

Descendants

• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Franco-Provençal: profeit, profiet
  • Old French: porfit, prufit
    • Middle French: pourfit, proufit, profit (latin influence)
      • French: profit
    • → Italian: profitto
    • → Middle English: profit
      • English: profit
    • → Russian: профит (profit)
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: profit
  • Occitan: profièch, profièit
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: provechu
  • Galician: proveito
  • Portuguese: proveito
  • Spanish: provecho
• Borrowings:
  • → English: profect

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of prōficiō.

Participle

prōfectus (feminine prōfecta, neuter prōfectum); first/second-declension participle

1. advanced, progressed
2. effected, accomplished, obtained

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōfectus	prōfecta	prōfectum		prōfectī	prōfectae	prōfecta
Genitive	prōfectī	prōfectae	prōfectī		prōfectōrum	prōfectārum	prōfectōrum
Dative	prōfectō		prōfectō		prōfectīs
Accusative	prōfectum	prōfectam	prōfectum		prōfectōs	prōfectās	prōfecta
Ablative	prōfectō	prōfectā	prōfectō		prōfectīs
Vocative	prōfecte	prōfecta	prōfectum		prōfectī	prōfectae	prōfecta

Etymology 3

Perfect active participle of proficīscor.

Participle

profectus (feminine profecta, neuter profectum); first/second-declension participle

1. departed, left, having departed
2. derived from

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	profectus	profecta	profectum		profectī	profectae	profecta
Genitive	profectī	profectae	profectī		profectōrum	profectārum	profectōrum
Dative	profectō		profectō		profectīs
Accusative	profectum	profectam	profectum		profectōs	profectās	profecta
Ablative	profectō	profectā	profectō		profectīs
Vocative	profecte	profecta	profectum		profectī	profectae	profecta

References

• “profectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• profectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • disciples of Plato, Platonists: qui sunt a Platone or a Platonis disciplina; qui profecti sunt a Platone; Platonici
    
• profectus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “profectus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 427
• “profit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.