profiteor

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ fateor (“acknowledge”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess
    Synonyms: cōnfiteor, denuntio, nuntio, adnuntio, refero, indico, renūntiō, nū̆ncupō, prodo, ēdīcō, praedicō, cōntiōnor
  2. to offer freely, promise
    Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, ostentō, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō
  3. to profess, claim; to declare oneself (as), practice (as)
  4. to make a show of, show, display
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, prōdō, acclārō, indicō, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
  5. to make a public statement or a return of
  6. to be a teacher or professor
  7. to volunteer

Conjugation
   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 professum esse professūrum esse — — —
participles profitēns professus professūrus — — profitendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
profitendī profitendō profitendum profitendō professum professū

Old forms are:

  • infinitive: profitērei
  • 2nd person singular imperative future: profitēminō

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