Latin

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Etymology

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From prōficiō (I advance, I make headway) +‎ -īscō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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proficīscor (present infinitive proficīscī, perfect active profectus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to set out, depart, leave
    Synonyms: discēdō, iter faciō, abeō, , 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.

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of proficīscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present proficīscor proficīsceris,
proficīscere
proficīscitur proficīscimur proficīsciminī proficīscuntur
imperfect proficīscēbar proficīscēbāris,
proficīscēbāre
proficīscēbātur proficīscēbāmur proficīscēbāminī proficīscēbantur
future proficīscar proficīscēris,
proficīscēre
proficīscētur proficīscēmur proficīscēminī proficīscentur
perfect profectus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect profectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect profectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present proficīscar proficīscāris,
proficīscāre
proficīscātur proficīscāmur proficīscāminī proficīscantur
imperfect proficīscerer proficīscerēris,
proficīscerēre
proficīscerētur proficīscerēmur proficīscerēminī proficīscerentur
perfect profectus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect profectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present proficīscere proficīsciminī
future proficīscitor proficīscitor proficīscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives proficīscī profectum esse profectūrum esse
participles proficīscēns profectus profectūrus proficīscendus,
proficīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
proficīscendī proficīscendō proficīscendum proficīscendō profectum profectū

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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[1], 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)