proficuus

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Latin

Etymology

From proficere.

Pronunciation

Adjective

proficuus (feminine proficua, neuter proficuum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. beneficial, helpful, useful
  2. profitable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative proficuus proficua proficuum proficuī proficuae proficua
genitive proficuī proficuae proficuī proficuōrum proficuārum proficuōrum
dative proficuō proficuae proficuō proficuīs
accusative proficuum proficuam proficuum proficuōs proficuās proficua
ablative proficuō proficuā proficuō proficuīs
vocative proficue proficua proficuum proficuī proficuae proficua

Descendants

  • → English: proficuous
  • Italian: proficuo
  • Portuguese: profícuo
  • Spanish: proficuo

References

  • “proficuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proficuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (1913/1918; reprint Darmstadt, 1998), vol. 2, column 1965.
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