proficuus

== Latin == === Etymology === From proficere. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɔˈfɪ.ku.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈfiː.ku.us] === Adjective === proficuus (feminine proficua, neuter proficuum); first/second-declension adjective beneficial, helpful, useful profitable ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: proficuous Italian: proficuo Portuguese: profícuo Spanish: proficuo === References === “proficuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “proficuus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (1913/1918; reprint Darmstadt, 1998), vol. 2, column 1965. [1]