prōficiō fēcī, fectus, ere
pro+facio,
to make headway, advance, make progress, have success, profit, succeed, effect,
accomplish
: quid erat profectum, nisi ut, etc.: tantum
profeci tum, ut, etc.: nihil in oppugnatione oppidi, Cs.: loci opportunitate, Cs.: hoc tamen: in
philosophiā aliquid,
to make any progress.—To be useful, be serviceable, do good, avail,
help, tend, contribute, conduce
: tantum ad dicendum: parvaque certamina in summam totius
profecerant spei,
contributed greatly
, L.: nihil in melius tot rerum proficit usus?
Iu.: radice vel herbā Proficiente
nihil,
doing no good
, H.: permultum proficiet illud demonstrare: in
summam belli profectum foret,
it would help decide the whole war
, L.