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Latin
Etymology
From prō- + sum (“I am”). See also probus.
Pronunciation
Verb
prōsum (present infinitive prōdesse, perfect active prōfuī, future participle prōfutūrus); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle
- (with a dative) to be useful or of use, do good, help, benefit, profit
- Synonyms: iuvō, adiuvō, foveō, assistō, prōficiō, adiūtō, succurrō, cōnferō, adsum
- Antonym: officiō
- to serve
- Synonym: mereō
- (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
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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