Latin edit

Etymology edit

From pro- +‎ fēstus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

prŏfēstus (feminine prŏfēsta, neuter prŏfēstum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Not kept as a holiday
  2. (relational) weekday

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prŏfēstus prŏfēsta prŏfēstum prŏfēstī prŏfēstae prŏfēsta
Genitive prŏfēstī prŏfēstae prŏfēstī prŏfēstōrum prŏfēstārum prŏfēstōrum
Dative prŏfēstō prŏfēstō prŏfēstīs
Accusative prŏfēstum prŏfēstam prŏfēstum prŏfēstōs prŏfēstās prŏfēsta
Ablative prŏfēstō prŏfēstā prŏfēstō prŏfēstīs
Vocative prŏfēste prŏfēsta prŏfēstum prŏfēstī prŏfēstae prŏfēsta

References edit

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