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profiteor
profiteor
Latin
Verb
profiteor (present infinitive profitērī, perfect active professus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- I declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess.
- I offer freely, promise.
- I profess, claim; I declare myself (as), practice (as).
- I make a show of, show, display.
- 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 | ||
Derived terms
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “profiteor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
- to speak the truth, admit the truth: verum dicere, profiteri
- profiteor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016