progress (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit., journey onwardII. Fig., carrying anything forward, improvement1. prōgressus, ūs2. prōcessus, ūs3. prōfectus, ūs (not in Cic.) • progress (subs.): I. Lit., journey onward: best word prob., ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n.: v. journey, route. II. Fig., carrying anything forward, improvement: 1. prōgressus, ūs: esp. pl.: to make p. in study, in studiis (philosophiae) progressus facere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, fin. In like sense, progressio: to make p. towards excellence, progressionem ad virtutem facere, id. Fin. 4, 24, 67. 2. prōcessus, ūs: to make so great p., tantos p. efficere, id. Br. 78, 272. 3. prōfectus, ūs (not in Cic.): Vell. 1, 16, med. Phr., to make p. in anything, proficere in aliqua re, Caes. B. G. 7, 20 (in oppugnatione oppidi): see also proficiency.