prōfectus (noun M) : (with the first syllable short, Aus. ldyll. 4, 70), , 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.

prōfectus, a, um, Part., from proficio

prŏfectus, a, um, Part., from proficiscor

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s. TLL