profecto

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of prō factō, "indeed".

Adverb

profectō (not comparable)

1. actually, indeed, really, truly, surely, assuredly

   Synonyms: certō, certē

   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.26:

     'Absque te' inquit 'uno, forsitan lingua profecto Graeca longe anteisset, sed tu, mi Fronto, quod in uersu Homerico est, id facis: καί νύ κεν ἢ παρέλασσας ἢ ἀμφήριστον ἔθηκας.

     He said, "without you alone, maybe the Greek language would have indeed won, but my dear Fronto, you do what appears in that verse by Homer: He would've made of it either a (victorious) parade or a source of doubt (for the supposed enemy victory) (Iliad 23.527).

Participle

prŏfectō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prŏfectus

References

• “profecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.