profiteor fessus, ērī, dep. pro+fateor, to declare publicly, own freely, acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess: non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri: fateor atque etiam profiteor: apertissime studium suum: se nullum periculum recusare, Cs.: hoc me rei p. causā facere: professus se petere, avowing himself a candidate, L.

—With two accs., to avow oneself, profess to be: se grammaticum: huic me belli ducem: (te) amicum, H.

—To follow as a pursuit, profess: philosophiam: ius, O.

—To offer freely, propose voluntarily, promise, display: iudicium, testify voluntarily, S.: se ad eam rem adiutorem, Cs.: tibi meum studium: Sumunt gentiles arma professa manus, i. e. as volunteers, O.: Inceptis magna professis Adsuitur pannus, making great promises, H.: nomina, i. e. come forward as candidates, L.

—To make a public statement of, report, return, state: iugera sationum suarum: frumentum, L.: professae (sc. feminae), i. e. registered as public women, O.: in his nomen suom, classes himself, T.