proficuus

Latin

Etymology

From proficere.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.ku.us/, [prɔˈfɪkuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.ku.us/, [proˈfiːkuːs]

Adjective

proficuus (feminine proficua, neuter proficuum); first/second-declension adjective

1. beneficial, helpful, useful
2. profitable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	proficuus	proficua	proficuum		proficuī	proficuae	proficua
Genitive	proficuī	proficuae	proficuī		proficuōrum	proficuārum	proficuōrum
Dative	proficuō		proficuō		proficuīs
Accusative	proficuum	proficuam	proficuum		proficuōs	proficuās	proficua
Ablative	proficuō	proficuā	proficuō		proficuīs
Vocative	proficue	proficua	proficuum		proficuī	proficuae	proficua

Descendants

• → English: proficuous
• Italian: proficuo
• Portuguese: profícuo

References

• “proficuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proficuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (1913/1918; reprint Darmstadt, 1998), vol. 2, column 1965. [1]