profiteor

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ fateor (“acknowledge”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proˈfi.te.or/, [prɔˈfɪ.te.ɔr]

Verb

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

  1. I declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess.
  2. I offer freely, promise.
  3. I profess, claim; I declare myself (as), practice (as).
  4. I make a show of, show, display.
  5. I make a public statement or a return of.

Inflection
   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 professus esse professūrus esse — — —
participles profitēns professus professūrus — — profitendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
profitērī profitendī profitendō profitendum professum professū

Old forms are:

  • infinitive: profiterei
  • 2nd person singular imperative future: profiteminō

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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