perfectio

perfectio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Italic *peri-
Latin per-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin faciō
Latin perficiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin perfectiō

    From perficiō + -tiō.

    Noun

    perfectiō f (genitive perfectiōnis); third declension

    1. finishing, completion
    2. perfection

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative perfectiō perfectiōnēs
    genitive perfectiōnis perfectiōnum
    dative perfectiōnī perfectiōnibus
    accusative perfectiōnem perfectiōnēs
    ablative perfectiōne perfectiōnibus
    vocative perfectiō perfectiōnēs

    Descendants

    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, 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
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