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

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.