profor

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Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ for (“I speak”).

Pronunciation

Verb

profor (present infinitive profārī or profārier, perfect active profātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to speak out
    • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Sermonum Liber I 1.6:
      Infans namque pudor prohibebat plura profari...
      Speechless and for bashfulness prohibited that I speak out many things...

Conjugation

   Conjugation of profor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present profor profāris,
profāre 		profātur profāmur profāminī profantur
imperfect profābar profābāris,
profābāre 		profābātur profābāmur profābāminī profābantur
future profābor profāberis,
profābere 		profābitur profābimur profābiminī profābuntur
perfect profātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect profātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect profātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present profer profēris,
profēre 		profētur profēmur profēminī profentur
imperfect profārer profārēris,
profārēre 		profārētur profārēmur profārēminī profārentur
perfect profātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect profātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — profāre — — profāminī —
future — profātor profātor — — profantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present profārī,
profārier1 		— profāns —
future profātūrum esse — profātūrus profandus
perfect profātum esse — profātus —
future perfect profātum fore — — —
perfect potential profātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
profandī profandō profandum profandō profātum profātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

  • “profor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “profor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • profor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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