Latin

Verb

prōficiō ‎(present infinitive prōficere, perfect active prōfēcī, supine prōfectum); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive

1. I advance, make progress.
2. I benefit, profit, take advantage.
3. I help, contribute, am useful.
4. I depart, set out.

Inflection

Descendants

• Spanish: aprovecer
• English: proficient

Related terms

• faciō
• profectiō
• proficīscor

References

• proficio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proficio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “proficio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be brought up in some one's school: e disciplina alicuius profectum esse
    
  • to make progress in a subject: in aliqua re progressus facere, proficere, progredi
    
  • I am not dissatisfied with my progress: non me paenitet, quantum profecerim