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prŏfessĭo (noun F) : profiteor
* A public acknowledgment, declaration, expression, profession, promise (mostly post-Aug.).
* 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.
* Transf., a sign, token (post-class.): vitiorum,Pall. 3, 9.
* 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.
* Transf.
* 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.
* 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.
* A public acknowledgment, declaration, expression, profession, promise (mostly post-Aug.).
* 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.
* Transf., a sign, token (post-class.): vitiorum,Pall. 3, 9.
* 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.
* Transf.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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