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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *prōfakjō. Equivalent to prō- + faciō (“make, construct”).
Pronunciation
Verb
prōficiō (present infinitive prōficere, perfect active prōfēcī, supine prōfectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to advance, make progress, make headway
- Synonyms: prōgredior, adorior, prodeo, procedo, adeo, incedo, gradior, succēdō, subeō, ēvehō, aggredior
- Antonyms: discedo, digredior, facesso, excedo, degredior, deficio, decedo
- to benefit, profit, take advantage
- to help, contribute, be useful
- Synonyms: adiuvō, iuvō, foveō, assistō, succurrō, prōsum, cōnferō, valeō
- Antonym: officiō
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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
- proficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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