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prŏfessĭo , ōnis, f. profiteor,
I.a public acknowledgment, declaration, expression, profession, promise (mostly post-Aug.).
I. In gen.: professio bonae voluntatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2: “Canidius timidius decessit, quam professioni ejus congruebat,Vell. 2, 87, 3: memores professionis, of our promise (of brevity), id. 2, 89, 6: “aperta,Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9: “suae opinionis,expression, Gell. 7, 3, 24: “summa stultitiae,id. 7, 3, 24: “flagitii,Tac. A. 2, 85: “pietatis,id. Agr. 3.—
B. Transf., a sign, token (post-class.): “vitiorum,Pall. 3, 9.—
II. In partic., a public declaration or specification of one's person, name, property, business, etc. (class.): IS. APVD. QVEM. EA. PROFESSIO FIET, etc., Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 101 sq.; Liv. 35, 7: “tu vero confice professionem, si potes. Etsi haec pecunia ex eo genere est, ut professione non egeat,Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 1: “post professionem de fideicommisso factam,Dig. 49, 14, 2; Tert. Apol. 42; Vulg. Act. 5, 37.—
B. Transf.
1. A public register of persons or property thus given in (class.): “in Leontino jugerum subscriptio ac professio non est plus triginta millium,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 113.—
2. A business or profession which one publicly avows (class.): “professio bene dicendi,Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 21: “grammaticae,Suet. Gram. 8: “sapientiae,Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112: “magicae artis,Curt. 7, 4, 8: “professionem honestarum artium malis corruperant moribus,id. 8, 5, 7: ista salutaris, the art of healing, medicine, Cels. praef.: “ultimae professionis homines, i. e. vilissimi artificii,Lampr. Elag. 20; Dig 2, 13, 9.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.8.2
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.23.1
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.113
    • New Testament, Acts, 5.37
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.85
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 3
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 7
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.4.8
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.5.7
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