proficiscor Latin · revision 17933

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [prɔ.fɪˈkiːs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pro.fiˈt͡ʃis.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''proficīscor''' (present infinitive proficīscī, perfect active profectus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus and Turpilius have an active ''proficīscō''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[prō-]] “forward” and [[faciō]] “to make” with the inchoative suffix [[m|la|-scō]], first “to put oneself forward”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Wiktionary derives it from [[prōficiō]] “to advance”; the TLL thinks it was formed from ⟨facere⟩ in the same way as ⟨prōficere⟩, but perhaps independently of it.^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives [[m|la|faciō]] from [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁-k-|t=to make]], an extension of [[m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''potin ut mē īre quō profectus sum sinās?'', “will you let me go where I set out for?”^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Proficīscī'' is “to set out, start on a journey, depart”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Figuratively it is to proceed to a new topic or embark on a course of action, and to begin from a starting point (Cicero on Xenophon, ''ā philosophiā profectus'', “starting from philosophy”).^(OLD 2012) Of things it means “to come from, originate” (Varro: the word ''ambāgēs'' ''profectum ā verbō ambe'', “derived from the word ''ambe''”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein says ''proficīscī'' denotes only the start of a journey, ''iter facere'' and ''[[peregrīnor|alt=peregrīnārī]]'' its duration.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it “set out, go, proceed, travel”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''quō profectus sum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''rēctā domum sumus profectī'', “we set out straight for home”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of words derived from others.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set out, [[m|en|depart]], start on a journey.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To proceed (to a topic); to embark on (a course of action).^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To begin (from).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To come from, [[m|en|originate]], be derived (from).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[faciō]]

+ * [[prōficiō]]

+ * [[profectiō]]

+ * [[iter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}