perfectio

Latin

Alternative forms

• perfecciō (medieval)

Etymology

From perficiō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

perfectiō f (genitive perfectiōnis); third declension

1. finishing, completion
2. perfection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perfectiō	perfectiōnēs
Genitive	perfectiōnis	perfectiōnum
Dative	perfectiōnī	perfectiōnibus
Accusative	perfectiōnem	perfectiōnēs
Ablative	perfectiōne	perfectiōnibus
Vocative	perfectiō	perfectiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: perfecció
• French: perfection
• Italian: perfezione
• Piedmontese: përfession
• → Polish: perfekcja
• Portuguese: perfeição
• Spanish: perfección

References

• “perfectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perfectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perfectio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• perfectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to attain perfection: ad perfectionem, (ad summum) pervenire
    
  • ideal perfection: absolutio et perfectio (not summa perfectio)
    
  • to conceive an ideal: singularem quandam perfectionis imaginem animo concipere