proficiscor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin prōficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin -īscō

Latin proficīscor

From prōficiō (“to advance, to make headway”) + -īscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɔ.fɪˈkiːs.kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pro.fiˈt͡ʃis.kor]

Verb

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

1. to set out, depart, leave

   Synonyms: discēdō, iter faciō, abeō, eō, 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

   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	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	proficīscī	—	proficīscēns	—
future	profectūrum esse	—	profectūrus	proficīscendus, proficīscundus
perfect	profectum esse	—	profectus	—
future perfect	profectum fore	—	—	—
perfect potential	profectūrum fuisse	—	—	—
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
proficīscendī	proficīscendō	proficīscendum	proficīscendō	profectum	profectū

Derived terms

• profectīcius (Late Latin)
• profectiō
• profector
• profectus

References

• “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)