per-fĭcĭo — Lewis & Short
per-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a.facio,
I to achieve, execute, carry out, accomplish, perform, despatch, bring to an end or conclusion, finish, complete (class.; syn.: absolvo, conficio, exsequor).
I Lit.:
comitiis perficiendis undecim dies tribuit,Caes. B. C. 3, 2:
iis comitiis perfectis,Liv. 24, 43, 9:
bellum,id. 22, 38, 7:
aliquid absolvi et perfici,Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35:
multa,id. Or. 30, 105:
scelus,to perpetrate, id. Clu. 68, 194:
cogitata,id. Deiot. 7, 21:
instituta,id. Div. 2, 5:
poëma,id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:
conata,Caes. B. G. 1, 3:
nihil est simul et inventum et perfectum,Cic. Brut. 18, 71:
centum annos,to complete, live, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 39.—So of commissions, orders, to execute:
munus,Verg. A. 6, 629; 6, 637; Cic. Fam. 6, 7:
jussa,Val. Fl. 7, 61:
mandata,Sil. 13, 343.—
II Transf.
A To bring to completion, finish, perfect (opp. inchoare):
candelabrum perfectum e gemmis clarissimis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:
murum,Liv. 25, 11:
loricam,Sil. 2, 403:
aedem,Suet. Aug. 60:
cibos ambulatione,to digest, Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283:
cucumeres,id. 19, 5, 23, § 65: coria, to dress or curry, id. 23, 1, 16, § 22:
lanas,id. 35, 15, 52, § 190:
minium,id. 33, 7, 40, § 118.—
B To make perfect, to perfect:
aliquem citharā,Ov. A. A. 1, 11: expleta et perfecta forma honestatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48:
artem,Suet. Ner. 41.—
C To bring about, to cause, effect; with ut, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 127:
perfice ut putem,convince me, id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; id. Fam. 11, 27, 2:
eloquentia perfecit, ut, etc.,Nep. Ep. 6, 4.—With ne and subj.:
omnia perfecit, quae senatus salvā re publicā ne fieri possent perfecerat,Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55. —
D In mal. part., = e)nergei=n, Mart. 3, 79, 2; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 389; Capitol. Max. 4, 7.— perfectus, a, um, P. a., finished, complete, perfect, excellent, exquisite (class.).
A Of persons:
oratorem plenum atque perfectum esse, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 59:
homines in dicendo,id. ib. 1, 13, 58:
perfectis et absoluti philosophi,id. Div. 2, 72, 150:
homines,id. Off. 1, 15, 46; id. Brut. 30, 114:
in geometriā,id. Fin. 1, 6, 20:
in arte,Ov. A. A. 2, 547.—In a religious sense, righteous (eccl. Lat.):
cor perfectum,Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 4; id. Matt. 5, 48.—Perfectissimus, a title of honor under the later emperors, Cod. Const. 12, tit. 33; Am. 21, 16 init.; Lact. 5, 14, 18.—
B Of inanim. and abstr. things:
naturae,Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 33:
ratio,id. ib. 13, 34:
pulchriora etiam Polycliti et iam plane perfecta (signa),id. Brut. 18, 70:
perfectum atque absolutum officium,id. Off. 3, 3, 14:
perfecta cumulataque virtus,id. Sest. 40, 86: aetas, full or ripe age, the age of fiveand-twenty, Dig. 4, 4, 32 init.—Comp.:
valvae perfectiores,Cic. Verr. 2, 56:
aliquid perfectius,id. de Or. 1, 2, 5; id. Brut. 18, 69; Hor. Epod. 5, 59; Quint. 12, 1, 21:
ad perfectiora,Vulg. Heb. 6, 1.—Sup.:
quod ego summum et perfectissimum judicem,Cic. Or. 1, 3; 15, 47; id. Brut. 31, 118; Juv. 2, 5.—Adv.: perfectē, fully, completely, perfectly (class.):
eruditus,Cic. Brut. 81, 282; id. de Or. 1, 28, 130:
veritatem imitari,id. Div. 1, 13, 23.—Comp., App. Flor. p. 357, 1; Tert. Apol. 45.—Sup., Gell. 11, 16 fin.