prosum

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See also: prosům

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ sum (“I am”). See also probus.

Pronunciation

Verb

prōsum (present infinitive prōdesse, perfect active prōfuī, future active participle prōfutūrus); irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund

  1. (with a dative) to be useful or of use, do good, help, benefit, profit
    Synonyms: iuvō, adiuvō, foveō, assistō, prōficiō, expediō, adiūtō, succurrō, cōnferō, adsum
    Antonym: officiō
  2. to serve
    Synonym: mereō
  3. (of medicines) to be good or beneficial
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.267:
      proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem
      It is good too to blend a taste of pounded oak-apples

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōsum (irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōsum prōdes prōdest prōsumus prōdestis prōsunt
imperfect prōderam prōderās prōderat prōderāmus prōderātis prōderant
future prōderō prōderis,
prōdere 		prōderit prōderimus prōderitis prōderunt
perfect prōfuī prōfuistī prōfuit prōfuimus prōfuistis prōfuērunt,
prōfuēre
pluperfect prōfueram prōfuerās prōfuerat prōfuerāmus prōfuerātis prōfuerant
future perfect prōfuerō prōfueris prōfuerit prōfuerimus prōfueritis prōfuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōsim,
prōsiem,
prōfuam1 		prōsīs,
prōsiēs,
prōfuās1 		prōsit,
prōsiet,
prōfuat1 		prōsīmus,
prōsiēmus,
prōfuāmus1 		prōsītis,
prōsiētis,
prōfuātis1 		prōsint,
prōsient,
prōfuant1
imperfect prōdessem,
prōforem 		prōdessēs,
prōforēs 		prōdesset,
prōforet 		prōdessēmus,
prōforēmus 		prōdessētis,
prōforētis 		prōdessent,
prōforent
perfect prōfuerim prōfuerīs prōfuerit prōfuerīmus prōfuerītis prōfuerint
pluperfect prōfuissem prōfuissēs prōfuisset prōfuissēmus prōfuissētis prōfuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — prōdes — — prōdeste —
future — prōdestō prōdestō — prōdestōte prōsuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present prōdesse — — —
future prōfutūrum esse,
prōfore 		— prōfutūrus —
perfect prōfuisse — — —
perfect potential prōfutūrum fuisse — — —

1Old Latin or in poetry.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: proost
  • → German: prosit, prost
  • → Danish: prosit
  • → English: prosit
  • → Sicilian: pròsita
  • → Swedish: prosit

References

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