profiteor

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Latin

Etymology

    From prō- +‎ fateor (“to acknowledge”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    profiteor (present infinitive profitērī, perfect active professus sum); second conjugation, deponent

    1. to declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess
      Synonyms: cōnfiteor, denuntio, nuntio, adnuntio, refero, indico, renūntiō, nū̆ncupō, prodo, ēdīcō, praedicō, cōntiōnor
    2. to offer freely, promise
      Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, ostentō, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō
    3. to profess, claim; to declare oneself (as), practice (as)
    4. to make a show of, show, display
      Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, prōdō, acclārō, indicō, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
    5. to make a public statement or a return of
    6. to be a teacher or professor
    7. to volunteer

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of profiteor (second conjugation, deponent)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present profiteor profitēris,
    profitēre     		profitētur profitēmur profitēminī profitentur
    imperfect profitēbar profitēbāris,
    profitēbāre     		profitēbātur profitēbāmur profitēbāminī profitēbantur
    future profitēbor profitēberis,
    profitēbere     		profitēbitur profitēbimur profitēbiminī profitēbuntur
    perfect professus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect professus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect professus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present profitear profiteāris,
    profiteāre     		profiteātur profiteāmur profiteāminī profiteantur
    imperfect profitērer profitērēris,
    profitērēre     		profitērētur profitērēmur profitērēminī profitērentur
    perfect professus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect professus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — profitēre — — profitēminī —
    future — profitētor profitētor — — profitentor
    non-finite forms active passive
    present perfect future present perfect future
    infinitives profitērī professum esse professūrum esse — — —
    participles profitēns professus professūrus — — profitendus
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    profitendī profitendō profitendum profitendō professum professū

    Old forms are:

    Derived terms

    References

    • “profiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “profiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • profiteor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to speak the truth, admit the truth: verum dicere, profiteri
      • to be a philosopher, physician by profession: philosophiam, medicinam profiteri
      • to be a philosopher, physician by profession: se philosophum, medicum (esse) profiteri
      • men of that profession: qui ista profitentur
      • to be a follower, disciple of some one: disciplinam alicuius profiteri
      • to profess an art: artem profiteri
      • to become a candidate: nomen profiteri or simply profiteri
      • to enlist oneself: nomen (nomina) dare, profiteri
    • profiteor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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