prodest

prodest is a Latin form of prosum, meaning “be useful, benefit”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of prodo, “give up, betray; hand down, record; put forth, produce”.

Found 196 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.73: … ant non nulli togati creditores Graecorum, quibus ad exigendas pecunias improbissimi cuiusque legati plurimum prodest gratia.

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.78: … omen ductum amicitiae est, nisi velle bonis aliquem affici quam maximis, etiamsi ad se ex iis nihil redundet? Prodest, inquit, mihi eo esse animo. Immo videri fortasse. esse enim, nisi eris, non potes. qui autem esse poteris, n …

All forms of prosum (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.