proficiscor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pro.fiˈkiːs.kor/, [prɔfɪˈkiːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.fiˈt͡ʃis.kor/, [profiˈt͡ʃiskor]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		proficīscī	profectum esse	profectūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		proficīscēns	profectus	profectūrus	—	—	proficīscendus, proficīscundus
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)