profiteor

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ fateor (“to acknowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.te.or/, [prɔˈfɪt̪eɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.te.or/, [proˈfiːt̪eor]

Verb

profiteor (present infinitive profitērī, perfect active professus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. to declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess

   Synonyms: cōnfiteor, denuntio, nuntio, adnuntio, refero, indico, renūntiō, nū̆ncupō, prodo, ēdīcō, praedicō, cōntiōnor

2. to offer freely, promise

   Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, ostentō, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō

3. to profess, claim; to declare oneself (as), practice (as)
4. to make a show of, show, display

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, prōdō, acclārō, indicō, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor

5. to make a public statement or a return of
6. to be a teacher or professor
7. to volunteer

Conjugation

Conjugation of profiteor (second conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	profiteor	profitēris, profitēre	profitētur	profitēmur	profitēminī	profitentur
	imperfect	profitēbar	profitēbāris, profitēbāre	profitēbātur	profitēbāmur	profitēbāminī	profitēbantur
	future	profitēbor	profitēberis, profitēbere	profitēbitur	profitēbimur	profitēbiminī	profitēbuntur
	perfect	professus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	professus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	professus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	profitear	profiteāris, profiteāre	profiteātur	profiteāmur	profiteāminī	profiteantur
	imperfect	profitērer	profitērēris, profitērēre	profitērētur	profitērēmur	profitērēminī	profitērentur
	perfect	professus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	professus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	profitēre	—	—	profitēminī	—
	future	—	profitētor	profitētor	—	—	profitentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		profitērī	professum esse	professūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		profitēns	professus	professūrus	—	—	profitendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		profitendī	profitendō	profitendum	profitendō	professum	professū

Old forms are:

• infinitive: profitērei
• 2nd person singular imperative future: profitēminō

Derived terms

• professiō
• professor
• professus

Related terms

• cōnfiteor
• diffiteor
• fateor

References

• “profiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profiteor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to speak the truth, admit the truth: verum dicere, profiteri
    
  • to be a philosopher, physician by profession: philosophiam, medicinam profiteri
    
  • to be a philosopher, physician by profession: se philosophum, medicum (esse) profiteri
    
  • men of that profession: qui ista profitentur
    
  • to be a follower, disciple of some one: disciplinam alicuius profiteri
    
  • to profess an art: artem profiteri
    
  • to become a candidate: nomen profiteri or simply profiteri
    
  • to enlist oneself: nomen (nomina) dare, profiteri
    
• profiteor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016