profiteor

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ fateor (“to acknowledge”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.te.or/, [prɔˈfɪt̪eɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfi.te.or/, [proˈfiːt̪eor]

Verb

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

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
to offer freely, promise
Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, ostentō, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō
to profess, claim; to declare oneself (as), practice (as)
to make a show of, show, display
Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, prōdō, acclārō, indicō, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
to make a public statement or a return of
to be a teacher or professor
to volunteer

Conjugation

Conjugation of profiteor (second conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	profitēre	—	—	profitēminī	—
active	future	—	profitētor	profitētor	—	—	profitentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

Related 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^[1], 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^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016