perficio
Latin
Etymology
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From per- (“through, along; during”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /perˈfi.ki.oː/, [pɛrˈfɪkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [perˈfiːt͡ʃio]
Verb
perficiō (present infinitive perficere, perfect active perfēcī, supine perfectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I finish, complete.
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Prorogatum et M. Marcello, ut pro consule in Sicilia reliqua belli perficeret eo exercitu quem haberet: […]
- And the military command of Marcus Marcellus was also extended, so that he could finish the rest of the war in Sicily as proconsul with his army which he held […]
- Prorogatum et M. Marcello, ut pro consule in Sicilia reliqua belli perficeret eo exercitu quem haberet: […]
- I perfect.
- I carry out, execute, perform.
- I achieve, accomplish
- (by extension) I bring about, cause, effect.
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References
- “perficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bring to the highest perfection: perficere et absolvere
- to terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents): bellum conficere, perficere
- to bring to the highest perfection: perficere et absolvere
- perficio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- Latin terms prefixed with per-
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- Latin third conjugation verbs
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook