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finio

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See also: finió

Latin

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Etymology

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    From fīnis (boundary, limit).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    fīniō (present infinitive fīnīre, perfect active fīnīvī or fīniī, supine fīnītum); fourth conjugation

    1. to finish, terminate
    2. to set, appoint
    3. to limit, bound
      Synonyms: delīmitō, līmitō, moderor, inclūdō, claudō, minuō, coërceō
    4. (figuratively) to restrain

    Conjugation

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • finio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • finio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • finio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
      • to put an end to war: belli finem facere, bellum finire