Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prō- +‎ for (I speak).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

profor (present infinitive profārī or profārier, perfect active profātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to speak out
    • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Sermonum Liber I 1.6:
      Infans namque pudor prohibebat plura profari...
      Speechless and for bashfulness prohibited that I speak out many things...

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of profor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present profor profāris,
profāre
profātur profāmur profāminī profantur
imperfect profābar profābāris,
profābāre
profābātur profābāmur profābāminī profābantur
future profābor profāberis,
profābere
profābitur profābimur profābiminī profābuntur
perfect profātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect profātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect profātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present profer profēris,
profēre
profētur profēmur profēminī profentur
imperfect profārer profārēris,
profārēre
profārētur profārēmur profārēminī profārentur
perfect profātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect profātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present profāre profāminī
future profātor profātor profantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives profārī,
profārier1
profātum esse profātūrum esse
participles profāns profātus profātūrus profandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
profandī profandō profandum profandō profātum profātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References edit

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