proficiscor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pro.fiˈkiːs.kor/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.fiˈt͡ʃis.kor/,

Verb

proficīscor (present infinitive proficīscī, perfect active profectus sum); third conjugation, deponent

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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	proficīscere		—	—	proficīsciminī		—
active	future	—	proficīscitor		proficīscitor	—	—		proficīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		proficīscī		—		proficīscēns		—
future		profectūrum esse		—		profectūrus		proficīscendus, proficīscundus
perfect		profectum esse		—		profectus		—
future perfect		profectum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		profectūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		proficīscendī	proficīscendō		proficīscendum	proficīscendō	profectum		profectū

Derived terms

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, 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)