proficīscor, proficīscī, profectus sum

Definitions for proficīscī

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to set out, start
English derivatives:
profit and proficient from the related verb proficio

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To start on a journey, set out, depart. (b) (to a destination implying an activity or condition). (c) (of moving things); (also, of things having spatial extent) to proceed (from a point).
2
(transf., w. ad) To proceed (to a new topic); to embark upon (a course of action).
3
(w. emph. on starting point, w. ab., ex, etc.) To begin a series, process, etc. (from).
4
(of things) To be derived, emanate, originate (from). (b) (esp. of property, favours). (c) (usu. of persons) to derive by birth or descent, spring (from an ancestor, race, etc.); (also transf., from a philosophic precursor, school, or sim.).

Sentences with proficīscī

Latin to English

Haec verba locūtī, profectī sumus nē in eō locō miserō morerēmur.Compare Having spoken these words, we set out so that we might not die in that miserable place.

Cum in aliam terram proficīscī cōnārētur, ā mīlitibus captus est.Compare When he tried to set out into another land, he was captured by soldiers.

Gladio abdito, Mucius profectus est.Compare Mucius hid his sword and set out.

Adulescens prima luce proficiscitur.Compare The young man is setting out at dawn.

Proficiscor in castra, a qui absum biduum.Compare I set out for the camp, from which I was absent a two days' journey.

Exeo, proficiscor. Demonstro iter.Compare Let them depart, let them set out. I will show the way.

O praeclarus inquam, quum ad ille divinus animus concilium coetusque proficiscor!Compare O glorious day, when I shall set out for that divine assembly and multitude of souls!

Conjugation table for proficīscī

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
proficīscor proficīsceris proficīscitur proficīscimur proficīsciminī proficīscuntur	proficīscēbar proficīscēbāris proficīscēbātur proficīscēbāmur proficīscēbāminī proficīscēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
profectus sum profectus es profectus est profectī sumus profectī estis profectī sunt	profectus eram profectus erās profectus erat profectī erāmus profectī erātis profectī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
proficīscar proficīscēris proficīscētur proficīscēmur proficīscēminī proficīscentur	profectus erō profectus eris profectus erit profectī erimus profectī eritis profectī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
proficīscar proficīscāris proficīscātur proficīscāmur proficīscāminī proficīscantur	proficīscerer proficīscerēris proficīscerētur proficīscerēmur proficīscerēminī proficīscerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
profectus sim profectus sīs profectus sit profectī sīmus profectī sītis profectī sint	profectus essem profectus essēs profectus esset profectī essēmus profectī essētis profectī essent
Infinitive present proficīscī Infinitive perfect profectum esse Infinitive future profectūrum esse	Imperative present proficīscere proficīsciminī Imperative future proficīscito / proficīscitor proficīscito / proficīscitor - proficīscunto / proficīscuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
	proficīscēns	proficīscentēs
	proficīscēns	proficīscentēs
	proficīscēns	proficīscentēs
	proficīscēns	proficīscentēs
	proficīscēns	proficīscentēs
	Participle future active
	profectūrus	profectūrī
	profectūrus	profectūrī
	profectūrus	profectūrī
	profectūrus	profectūrī
	profectūrus	profectūrī
	Participle perfect passive
	profectus	profectī
	profectus	profectī
	profectus	profectī
	profectus	profectī
	profectus	profectī
	Gerundive
	proficīscendus	proficīscendī
	proficīscendus	proficīscendī
	proficīscendus	proficīscendī
	proficīscendus	proficīscendī
	proficīscendus	proficīscendī
	Gerund	Supine
	proficīscī	profectum
	proficīscī	profectū
	proficīscī
	proficīscī
	proficīscī

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	proficīscēns	proficīscentēs
Gen.	proficīscentis	proficīscentium
Dat.	proficīscentī	proficīscentibus
Acc.	proficīscentem	proficīscentēs
Abl.	proficīscente	proficīscentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	profectūrus	profectūrī
Gen.	profectūrī	profectūrōrum
Dat.	profectūrō	profectūrīs
Acc.	profectūrum	profectūrōs
Abl.	profectūrō	profectūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	profectus	profectī
Gen.	profectī	profectōrum
Dat.	profectō	profectīs
Acc.	profectum	profectōs
Abl.	profectō	profectīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	proficīscendus	proficīscendī
Gen.	proficīscendī	proficīscendōrum
Dat.	proficīscendō	proficīscendīs
Acc.	proficīscendum	proficīscendōs
Abl.	proficīscendō	proficīscendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	proficīscī	profectum
Gen.	proficīscendī	profectū
Dat.	proficīscendō
Acc.	proficīscendum
Abl.	proficīscendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 239.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1476.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.

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Allo Contributors. "proficīscor, proficīscī, profectus sum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 19, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/proficiscor-proficisci-profectus-sum.