FromProto-Italic*perifakjō. Equivalent toper-(“through, along; during”) +‎faciō(“do, make”).

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [pɛrˈfɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [perˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]

perficiō (present infinitiveperficere,perfect activeperfēcī,supineperfectum);third conjugationiō-variant

1. tofinish,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

   • 27BCE – 25BCE,Titus Livius,Ab Urbe Condita26.1:

     Prorogatum et M. Marcello, ut pro consule in Sicilia reliqua belliperficeret eo exercitu quem haberet: […]

     And the military command of Marcus Marcellus was also extended, so that he couldfinish the rest of the war in Sicily as proconsul with his army which he held […]

2. toperfect
3. tocarry out,execute,perform
4. toachieve,accomplish
5. (by extension) tobring about,cause,effect
6. (vulgar) tofinish; to come tocompletion(toejaculate)
   • Capitol. Max. 4, 7.

• perficus
• perfectus

• Asturian:perfacer
• French:parfaire
• Italian:perfare
• Portuguese:perfazer
• → English:perfect

• “perficio”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perficio”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perficio”, inGaffiot, 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
    
• perficio inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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