Profecto, Aduerbium confirmantis. Plau. In very deede: forsooth: truely: doubtlesse: certesse.Profectò hoc verè dicunt, si absis vspiam, &c. Ter. Verùm ne fiant isti, viginti dies.T. Profectò, non plus biduum aut. &c. Terent.Profectò sic est. Ter. In deede it is so.Profectò enim negare non potes, te ex lege Rupilia sortiri iudicium debuisse.Cic.Profectò non credetem, nisi, &c. Ci. Non est ita Indices, non est profectò.Cic.
Proficio, proficis, pen. cor. proféci, pe. pro. profectum, proficere. Ex pro & facio compositum. Ci. To profite, to doe good, preuayle, or helpe much in a thing: to be wholesome, or medicineable: to proceede or go forward.Apud quos quÛ proficere mhil posset, &c. Cæs. With whom when he could nothing preuayle, &c.Et quisquam dubitabit quid virtute profecturus sic, qui tãtùm authoritate profecerit? Cic.Siquid celeritate irineris proficere possit. Cæs, If hee mighte any thing preuayle with speedie sourneying.Si quicquam seminis profecisse arbitrantur.Cic.Querelis quotidianis nihil proficere. Luceius Ciceroni. Nil testibus illis profeci.Virg.Nihil in crispio profecisti? Cic.MultÛ ad ea que quætimus, explicatio tua ista profecerit. C. This thy declaration shall helpe much to the vnderstanding of those things that we looke for.Ad bonitatem proficere, Vide AD præpositionem.Vsque ad mores proficere. Quint. To helpe euen to the instrnction of maners and honest behauiour.In summam proficere, Quint.To helpe to the finall perfrction.Parua certamina in summam totius profecerant spei.Liui. Matris iusiurandÛ partui non proficiet. Vlpian. The mothers othe shall nothing profite or helpe the childe.Adeps è lupis illitus, in his quæ rumpere opus est plurimÛ proficit. Pli. The fat of a woolfe annointed is very wholesome and medicinable to breake impostumes.Proficit ad cacocthe. Plin. Plurimum proficienre co cinere contra scabritias genaru. Plin. That ashes being very holesome against. &c.Proficit oculorum lachrymis. Phn. Proficitur, pen. cor. Impersonale. Plin. iun. Memoriæ frequenti emendatione proficitur. Often correction doeth much helpe the niemorie.
Proficiscor, proficísceris, pe. co. profectus sum, proficisci. To go or come forth or from: to depart: to begin: to haue his beginning of a thing.Præterea te aiunt proficifci Cyprum. Tere. Moreouer they say you go to Cyprus.Proficiscor quæsitum Plaut.I go to seeke.Quò profectus sum, ibo.Plaut.I will go on thither as I began: I will go through on my iourney.Profecta est illinc granpiuscula.Terent.Shee went thence being of good bigge stature.Copiosè aliquò proficisci, Vide COPIA.Populus profectus ad bella.Ouid.Profectus ad Capuam.Cic.To go to Capus.Proficiscitur ad Catonem.Cic.Proficifci ad domum.Cic.To go to the house.Proficisci ad somnum. Ci. To go or lie downe to sleepe.De Formiano proficiscemut. Cice. We wil depart from my manour of Formium.Ex hoc loco proficiscitur Puteolos.Cic.Profectus in exilium Tubulus slatim.Cic.In consilium cœrumque proficisci.Cic.Reliquas proficiscitur ciuitates. Cæs. He goeth to the other cities.Ostiam vesperi naui profectus erat cum his rebus, quas tibi domo mitti volueras.Cic.In the euening he sayled to Ostia. &c.Proficisci obuiam. Cæs. To go to meete. Proficiscemur ad reliqua, si pauca. &c. Ci. We will passe to other things if. &c. Pythagorei ex numeris proficisci volunt omnia.Cic.The Pythagorians will haue all thinges to proceede or haue their beginning of numbers.Omnia me in te profecta sunt, quæ ad tuum commodum pertinerent.Cicer.I haue done all things for you that I thought to be for your commoditie and profite.Ab his initijs noster in te amor profectus.Cic.Our loue toward you hauing this beginning.Beneficia solent ijs esse fructuosa quibus sune profecta. C. From whome they proceeded.Profecta causa natura.Cic.A cause proceeding of nature.Proficiscitur meis cõsilijs tua laus. Ci. It is by my coÛsaile that ye haue go: ten so great praise and renoune.Venæ & arteriæ corde tractæ & profectæ.Cic.Quæcunque me ornamenta, ad te proficiscuntur. Cicero. Wharsoeuer honourable benefits I do for you.Vtinde oratio mea proficiscatur, vude hæc omnis causa ducitur. &c. Ci. That my talke may begin there, whence. &c.
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prŏfectō, adv. [pro-facto], a particle of affirmation, confirmation, and declaration, actually, indeed, really, truly, surely, assuredly, by all means, certainly, etc. (very freq. and class.): neque di regunt neque profecto deūm summus rex omnibus curat, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 59 (Trag. Rel v 142 Rib.): profecto edepol, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 7: profecto, ut loquor, res ita est, id. Am. 2, 1, 19: non est ita, judices, non est profecto, Cic. Fl. 22, 53: retorquet oculos profecto, id. Cat. 2, 1, 2: profecto negare non potes, id. Verr 2, 2, 18, 44: nunc quidem profecto Romae es, id. Att. 6, 5, 1 init.: si modo di sunt, ut profecto sunt, id. N. D. 2, 31, 78: meministi enim profecto, id. Lael. 1, 2; Hor. A. P. 315; Curt. 8, 3, 4; cf. Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20; 1, 12, 41; 4, 24, 66; id. Sest. 7, 17; id. Cat. 3, 10, 23; Liv 1, 15; 44, 2; 54, 1.—Strengthened by other particles; profecto hercle, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 29: vere enim profecto, Eum. Pan. Const. 7
prōfĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. n and a. [pro-facio], to go forward, advance, gain ground, make progress.I.Lit. (very rare): cum quinqueremis sola non proficeret, Plin. 32, 1, 1, 4.—II.Trop., to go on, advance, make progress; to profit, derive advantage; to perform, effect, accomplish, obtain, etc. (class.; cf. procedo). A. Of persons: si nihil in oppugnatione oppidi profecisset, Caes. B. G. 7, 20: ubi diligentiā nostrorum nihil his rebus profici posse intellexerunt, id. ib. 3, 21: plus multitudine telorum, id. ib. 7, 82: loci opportunitate, id. B. C. 3, 23: antesignani tantum profecere, ut pellerent omnes, id. ib. 3, 75: multum profecit, Nep. Eum. 10, 1: si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus, have made any progress, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37: ea, id. de Or. 2, 21 fin.—Of the sick, to get better: si quidquam profecerint, Cael. Aur Acut. 2, 10, 71 proficiens aegrotus, id. ib. 2, 11, 81—B. Of manim subjects, to grow, increase (mostly post-Aug.): id (vitis genus) quod umore proficit, Col. 3, 20: proficiente pretio,
rising
, Plin. 14, 4, 6, 57.—In pass.: sed etiam ad summam profectum aliquid puto, Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1: postquam nihil proficiebatur, Plin. 6, 26, 30, 122.—In a bad sense: proficere in pejus,
to become worse and worse
, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 13.—2. In partic., to be useful, serviceable, advantageous, etc., to effect, accomplish; to help, tend, contribute, conduce (class.; cf. prosum) ea suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent, collocabat, Cic. Brut. 37, 139: nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio, id. ib. 24, 92; Liv 3, 61: profectura aliquid tum tua verba puta, Ov P. 3, 1, 138: aut nihil in melius tot rerum proficit usus?Juv. 13, 18.—Of remedies: radice vel herbā Proficiente nihil, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 150; nec alia res celerius proficit, is of service, Plin 27, 11, 72, 96: axungia proficit ad strumas, id. 28, 9, 37, 140; pirorum ligni cinis contra fungos efficacius proficit, id. 23, 7, 62, 116: radix anethi vel in febribus proficit, id. 20, 23, 98, 260.—Impers.: multum proficiet illud demonstrare, quemadmodum scripsisset, Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120.—Hence, prōfĭcĭenter, adv., successfully (eccl. Lat.), Aug Ep. 80: incedere, Hil. Trin. 1, 22; Cassiod in Psa. 133, 2.
prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3, v. dep. n. [profacio, facesso, faciscor; orig., to make, i. e. put one's self forward; hence], to set out, start, go, march, travel, depart, etc. (class.; cf. progredior). I.Lit.: proficisci ad dormiendum,
to go to sleep
, Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119: ad somnum, id. ib. 1, 30, 62: ad sedes inquirendas, Just. 3, 4, 10: pabulatum frumentatumque, Hirt. B. G. 8, 10: subsidio alicui, Nep. Iph. 2, 5: ad bellum, Caes. B. G. 6, 29; Liv. 4, 45 sq.; Nep. Alc. 4, 1: ad eam domum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, 69: Puteolos, id. Ac. 2, 31: in Illyricum, Caes. B. G. 3, 7: in pugnam, id. B. C. 3, 99: in bellum, Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8: in expeditionem, Sall. J. 103, 4: in Volscos, Liv. 2, 30; 2, 62; Just. 1, 6, 10: in exercitum, Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 7: hinc in pistrinum rectā viā, Ter. And. 3, 4, 21: contra quosdam barbaros, Nep Eum 3, 5: Cyprum, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 16: Corinthum, id. Hec. 1, 2, 11: domum, id. Phorm. 5, 6, 20: Genabum, Caes. B. G. 7, 1: Romam, Sall. C. 34, 1: domos, Liv. 2, 14: Circeios, id. 2, 39: jussit proficisci exilium quovis gentium, Att. ap. Non. 185, 6 (Trag. Rel. v 599 Rib.): Jovinus eadem loca profectus, Amm 27, 8, 2.—With supine: porro proficiscor quaesitum, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 98.—Absol.: proficisci,
to make a journey
, Dig. 17, 2, 52: ab urbe,
to set out
,
depart
, Caes. B. G. 1, 7: ab Antio, Liv. 2, 33: ex castris,
to break up
, Caes. B. C. 1, 78: e castris, id. ib. 1, 12: domo, Sall. J. 79, 4; Liv. 2, 26; 2, 4: portu, id. 9, 26: regno, Just. 37, 3, 4: Athenis, Nep. Milt. 1, 5: de Formiano, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 2.—B.Transf., to be going or about to go, to intend to go to a place, to start (ante-class.): potin' ut me ire, quo profectus sum, sinas?Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 2: tu profectus alio fueras, Ter Eun. 2, 2, 49: cum proficisceretur, Caes. B. G. 3, 1; Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 1; 2, 2, 20.—II.Trop.A. In gen., to go, come, proceed: nunc proficiscemur ad reliqua, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 5, 10.—B. In partic. 1.To set out, begin, commence: ut inde oratio mea proficiscatur, unde, etc., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4: cum omnis haec quaestio ab eo proficiscatur, id. Fin. 5, 8, 23; a philosophiā profectus Xenophon scripsit historiam, id. de Or. 2, 14, 58: ei proficiscendum est ab omni mundo, id. Fin. 3, 22, 73.—2.To come forth, spring, arise, proceed, originate: cum omnia officia a principiis naturae proficiscantur, ab iisdem necesse est proficisci ipsam sapientiam, Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 23; 1, 12, 42; 3, 6, 22: falsis initiis profecta, id. ib. 1, 21, 72: ex medicinā nihil oportet putare proficisci, nisi quod ad corporis utilitatem spectet, id. Inv. 1, 38, 68: quaecumque a me ornamenta ad te proficiscentur, shall pass from me to you, i. e. you shall receive from me, id. Fam. 2, 19, 2: omnia quae a me profecta sunt in te, tibi accidisse gratissime, all you have received from me, id. ib. 3, 1, 1: ut plura a parente proficisci non potuerint, Nep. Att. 9, 4: qui a Zenone profecti sunt,
who have proceeded from him
,
his disciples
, Cic. Div 1, 3, 5; cf.: omnes ab Aristotele profecti, id. ib. 1, 35, 61.—So, to express descent (poet.): Tyriā de gente profecti, Ov. M. 3, 35; Verg. A. 8, 51.—Act. collat. form prŏfĭcisco, ĕre, to set out, go, etc. (anteclass.): priusquam proficisco, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 19; hortatur hominem, quam primum proficisceret, Turp. ap. Non. 471, 2.