prosum

See also: prosům

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ sum (“to be”)Category:Latin terms prefixed with pro-#SUM. See also probus.

Pronunciation

Verb

prōsum (present infinitive prōdesse, perfect active prōfuī, future active participle prōfutūrus)Category:Latin lemmas#PROSUMCategory:Latin verbs#PROSUMCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PROSUMCategory:Pages with entries#PROSUMCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PROSUM; irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund

  1. (with a dative) to be useful or of use, do good, help, benefit, profit
    Synonyms: iuvō, adiuvō, foveō, assistō, prōficiō, expediō, adiūtō, succurrō, cōnferō, adsum
    Antonym: officiō
  2. to serve
    Synonym: mereō
  3. (of medicines) to be good or beneficial

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōsum (irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōsum prōdes prōdest prōsumus prōdestis prōsunt
imperfect prōderam prōderās prōderat prōderāmus prōderātis prōderant
future prōderō prōderis,
prōdere		 prōderit prōderimus prōderitis prōderunt
perfect prōfuī prōfuistī prōfuit prōfuimus prōfuistis prōfuērunt,
prōfuēre
pluperfect prōfueram prōfuerās prōfuerat prōfuerāmus prōfuerātis prōfuerant
future perfect prōfuerō prōfueris prōfuerit prōfuerimus prōfueritis prōfuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōsim,
prōsiem,
prōfuam1		 prōsīs,
prōsiēs,
prōfuās1		 prōsit,
prōsiet,
prōfuat1		 prōsīmus,
prōsiēmus,
prōfuāmus1		 prōsītis,
prōsiētis,
prōfuātis1		 prōsint,
prōsient,
prōfuant1
imperfect prōdessem,
prōforem		 prōdessēs,
prōforēs		 prōdesset,
prōforet		 prōdessēmus,
prōforēmus		 prōdessētis,
prōforētis		 prōdessent,
prōforent
perfect prōfuerim prōfuerīs prōfuerit prōfuerīmus prōfuerītis prōfuerint
pluperfect prōfuissem prōfuissēs prōfuisset prōfuissēmus prōfuissētis prōfuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — prōdes — — prōdeste —
future — prōdestō prōdestō — prōdestōte prōsuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present prōdesse — — —
future prōfutūrum esse,
prōfore		 — prōfutūrus —
perfect prōfuisse — — —
perfect potential prōfutūrum fuisse — — —

1Old Latin or in poetry.

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Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “prosum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “prosum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “prosum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • prosum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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