profilius

Latin

Etymology

prō +‎ fīlius

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈfiː.li.us/, [proːˈfiːlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.li.us/, [proˈfiːlius]

Noun

prōfīlius m (genitive prōfīliī or prōfīlī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a grandson

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōfīlius	prōfīliī
Genitive	prōfīliī prōfīlī1	prōfīliōrum
Dative	prōfīliō	prōfīliīs
Accusative	prōfīlium	prōfīliōs
Ablative	prōfīliō	prōfīliīs
Vocative	prōfīlie	prōfīliī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• (grandson): nepōs (Classical)

References

• profilius 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)
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 860/1, “profilius”