profit (v.) Copy link Outline I. To be of service1. prōsum, irr. (with dat., or absol.)2. prōfĭcio, 3 (to help, be serviceable3. văleo, 2 (to avail, be effectual)II. To get good fromIII. To take advantage of, make good use of • profit (v.): I. To be of service: 1. prōsum, irr. (with dat., or absol.): what does it p. me? quid mihi p.? Ov. M. 13, 935 (with infin.): Hor. A. P. 333 (absol. = to instruct, edify): Sen. 2. prōfĭcio, 3 (to help, be serviceable: oft. with ad and acc. denoting end to which): your explanation will greatly p. to the end we are in search of, explicatio tua multum ad ea quae quaerimus profecerit, Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 14. Join: proficere et valere, id. Br. 37, init. 3. văleo, 2 (to avail, be effectual): pass. II. To get good from: prōfĭcio, 3: v. progress (to make). III. To take advantage of, make good use of: Phr.: to p. by an opportunity, occasioni non deesse, Caes. B. G. 3, 79, init.: also, occasionem arripere, (avide) amplecti, etc. (v. opportunity): we have greatly p.'d by this tour, *multum fructus (utilitatis) ex hoc itinere cepimus; magnopere profuit nobis hoc iter, etc.: v. supr.