benefit (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. prōsum, fui, prŏdesse (with dat.)2. jŭvo, jūvi, jūtum, 1 (with acc.)3. condūcĭt, duxĭt, 3B. Intrans. • benefit (v.): A. Trans.: 1. prōsum, fui, prŏdesse (with dat.): they b. neither themselves nor their fellow-creatures, nec sibi nec alteri prosunt, Cic.: what does it b. me to feign? quid mihi fingere prodest? Ov. 2. jŭvo, jūvi, jūtum, 1 (with acc.): eloquence b.'d the cause, juvit facundia causam, Ov.: he b.s the weary by his health-giving skill, salutari juvat arte fessos, Hor. 3. condūcĭt, duxĭt, 3: usu. with dat., v. beneficial: also acc.: rains do not b. vines, imbres non conducunt vites., Plin.: Cic. Phr.: he is not b.'d by this exception, hac exceptione non afficitur beneficio, Cic. B. Intrans.: v. to profit.