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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *perifakjō. Equivalent to per- (“through, along; during”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
Verb
perficiō (present infinitive perficere, perfect active perfēcī, supine perfectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to finish, complete
- Synonyms: perpetrō, dēfungor, cōnficiō, agō, cumulō, absolvō, inclūdō, claudō, conclūdō, condō, expleō, fungor, peragō, efficiō, patrō, nāvō, exsequor, trānsigō, gerō, prōflīgō, perferō, persolvō, exhauriō
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
- to perfect
- to carry out, execute, perform
- to achieve, accomplish
- (by extension) to 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, 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
- perficio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016