Latin
Verb
prōsum (present infinitive prōdesse, perfect active prōfuī, future participle prōfutūrus); irregular conjugation
- (with a dative) I am useful or of use, do good, help, benefit, serve, profit.
- (of medicines) I am good or beneficial.
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c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE,
Virgil,
Georgicon 4.267-
proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem […]
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It is good too to blend a taste of pounded oak-apples […]
Inflection
| Conjugation of prosum (highly irregular, suppletive, active only) |
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| indicative |
singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active |
present |
prōsum
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prōdes
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prōdest
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prōsumus
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prōdestis
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prōsunt
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| imperfect |
prōderam
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prōderās
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prōderat
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prōderāmus
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prōderātis
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prōderant
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| future |
prōderō
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prōderis, prōdere
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prōderit
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prōderimus
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prōderitis
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prōderunt
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| perfect |
prōfuī
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prōfuistī
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prōfuit
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prōfuimus
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prōfuistis
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prōfuērunt, prōfuēre
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| pluperfect |
prōfueram
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prōfuerās
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prōfuerat
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prōfuerāmus
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prōfuerātis
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prōfuerant
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| future perfect |
prōfuerō
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prōfueris
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prōfuerit
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prōfuerimus
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prōfueritis
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prōfuerint
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| subjunctive |
singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active |
present |
prōsim
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prōsīs
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prōsit
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prōsīmus
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prōsītis
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prōsint
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| imperfect |
prōdessem, prōforem
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prōdessēs, prōforēs
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prōdesset, prōforet
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prōdessēmus, prōforēmus
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prōdessētis, prōforētis
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prōdessent, prōforent
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| perfect |
prōfuerim
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prōfuerīs
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prōfuerit
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prōfuerīmus
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prōfuerītis
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prōfuerint
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| pluperfect |
prōfuissem
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prōfuissēs
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prōfuisset
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prōfuissēmus
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prōfuissētis
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prōfuissent
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| imperative |
singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active |
present |
—
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prōdes
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—
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—
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prōdeste
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—
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| future |
—
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prōdestō
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prōdestō
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—
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prōdestōte
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prōsuntō
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| non-finite forms |
active |
passive |
| present |
perfect |
future |
present |
perfect |
future |
| infinitives |
prōdesse
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prōfuisse
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prōfutūrus esse, prōfore
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—
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—
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—
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| participles |
—
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—
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prōfutūrus
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—
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—
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— |
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