profiteor fessus, ērī, dep.
pro+fateor,
to declare publicly, own freely, acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess
: non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri: fateor atque etiam
profiteor: apertissime studium suum: se nullum periculum recusare,
Cs.: hoc me rei p. causā facere: professus
se petere,
avowing himself a candidate
, L.—With two
accs., to avow oneself, profess to be
: se grammaticum: huic me belli ducem: (te) amicum,
H.—
To follow as a pursuit, profess
: philosophiam: ius, O.—
To offer freely, propose voluntarily, promise, display
: iudicium,
testify voluntarily
, S.: se ad eam rem adiutorem,
Cs.: tibi meum studium: Sumunt gentiles arma professa
manus, i. e.
as volunteers
, O.: Inceptis magna professis Adsuitur
pannus,
making great promises
, H.: nomina, i. e.
come forward as candidates
, L.—
To make a public statement of, report, return, state
: iugera sationum suarum: frumentum, L.:
professae (sc. feminae), i. e.
registered as public women
, O.: in his nomen suom,
classes himself
, T.
