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profectus

profectus3, advance, effect, increase, profit, success

prōfectus, a, um, Part., from proficio
prŏfectus, a, um, Part., from proficiscor
prōfectus (with the first syllable short, Aus. ldyll. 4, 70), ūs, m. [proficio],
  • advance, progress, effect, increase, growth, profit, success (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): sine profectu, Ov. M. 9, 50: verbaque profectu dissimulata carent, id. P. 3, 9, 40; Col. 1, 4, 5; Varr. R. R. 1, 223; Quint. 10, 3, 2; 12, 6, 4; 1, 2, 26: in quo quantum esset ingenii, quantum etiam profectus, sermo primus ostendit, progress, Sen. Ep. 11, 1: experimentum profectus tui capere animi firmitate, id. ib. 20, 1: donec blandlente profectu prodire in scenam concupiit, Suet. Ner. 20: puer magni profectus in eā arte obiit, Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 21.—So, the improvement, convalescence of the sick, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 54.—In plur.: in similitudine et temporum et profectuum, Vell. 1, 16, 2.

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