profestus

Latin > English

profestus profesta, profestum ADJ :: not kept as a holiday, common, ordinary

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prŏ-festus: a, um, adj. pro-festus; cf. profanus.
I Lit., non-festival, not kept as a holiday, common; of days, workingdays: profestum diem dicebant qui festus non erat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.: profesti dies a festivitate vacui, Non. 434, 3; Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 11: ut carpentis, festis profestisque diebus, per urbem vectemur, Liv. 34, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144: pejor, qui profestis diebus ageret, quod feriatis deberet, Cato ap Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 40. luces, working-days, Hor C. 4, 15, 25; so, lux, id. S. 2, 2, 116: profestum facere est tamquam profanum facere, id est facere, quod feriis facere non licet, etc., Fest. p. 253 Müll.—
II Transf., like profanus, uninitiated, uncultivated, uneducated (post-class.): profestum et profanum vulgus, Gell. praef. fin.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prŏfēstus,¹³ a, um,
1 non férié : profestus dies Liv. 34, 3 ; P. Fest. 252, jour ouvrable ; profestæ luces Hor. O. 4, 15, 25, même sens
2 profane, non initié, non cultivé : Gell. præf. 20.

Latin > German (Georges)

pro-fēstus, a, um, I) unfestlich, nicht festlich, dies, Liv., od. lux, Hor., ein Werktag. – II) unheilig, profestum et profanum vulgus, Gell. praef. § 20.

Latin > Chinese

profestus, a, um. adj. :: 行者。可行者。Dies profesti 不罷工之日。Profestum facere 不守罷工之日。