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|lshtext=<b>per-fĭcĭo</b>: fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [[facio]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[achieve]], [[execute]], [[carry]] [[out]], [[accomplish]], [[perform]], [[despatch]], [[bring]] to an [[end]] or [[conclusion]], [[finish]], [[complete]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[absolvo]], [[conficio]], [[exsequor]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> In mal. [[part]]., = ἐνεργεῖν, 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]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.>

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|georg=per-ficio, fēcī, fectum, ere (per u. [[facio]]), etw. [[durch]] u. [[durch]]-, etw. [[fertig]] [[machen]], zustande [[bringen]], [[mit]] etw. zustande [[kommen]], etw. [[vollenden]], I) [[von]] [[jeder]] äußerl. [[Tätigkeit]], die [[sich]] in [[Vollendung]] eines handgreiflichen, in die Sinne fallenden Produktes kundgibt, 1) [[fertigmachen]], fertigbauen, [[vollenden (Ggstz. inchoare), pontem, Caes.: aedem [[antiquitus]] inchoatam, Suet.: [[candelabrum]] e gemmis clarissimis opere mirabili [[perfectum]], Cic. – 2) [[durcharbeiten]], [[verarbeiten]], cibos ambulatione, [[verdauen]], Plin.: lanas, [[zubereiten]], Plin.: coria, [[gar]] [[machen]], Plin.: [[corium]] [[perfectum]] (gegerbtes, Ggstz. pilosum, [[noch]] [[mit]] den Haaren), Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 4508. – 3) eine [[Summe]] [[als]] [[Ertrag]] zuwege [[bringen]], [[erzielen]], [[herausschlagen]], perfici sexagena ([[milia]] HS) posse, [[Varro]] r. r. 3, 6, 6. – 4) übtr., [[einen]] [[Zeitraum]] [[vollenden]], [[über]] [[einen]] [[Zeitraum]] [[hinaussein]], [[centum]] [[qui]] perficit annos, der [[vor]] 100 Jahren gelebt hat, Hor.: perfectis, quos terrae debuit, annis, überstanden, Ov. – poet., perfecto sole, [[nachdem]] die [[Sonne]] (der [[Tag]]) zu [[Ende]] war, Stat. – II) v. derjenigen [[Tätigkeit]], die [[sich]] in [[Vollendung]] [[von]] Handlungen u. Zuständen kundgibt: 1) zustande [[bringen]], a) = [[verwirklichen]], [[ausführen]] (Ggstz. conari, cogitare u. dgl.), verb. absolvere et perficere, Cic.: [[multa]], Cic.: [[scelus]], Cic.: [[cogitata]], Cic.: conata, Caes.: promissa, Ter.: mandata, Liv.: [[perfectum]] [[rite]] [[votum]], Solin. – b) v. der leitenden [[Tätigkeit]], hinaushalten, zu [[Ende]] [[bringen]], beendigen, [[beschließen]], [[comitia]], Liv., ferias Latinas comitiaque [[omnia]], Caes.: [[lustrum]], Liv. (s. Fabri Liv. 24, 43, 9): [[censum]], Liv.: [[bellum]], Liv. (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 38, 7). – c) [[einen]] [[Beschluß]] [[abfassen]], his [[senatus]] consultis perfectis, Liv.: consules perficere [[senatus]] [[decretum]] [[non]] [[ausi]] sunt, Tac. – d) etw. [[durchsetzen]], [[erlangen]], [[bewirken]], es [[dahin]] [[bringen]], rem, Ter. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., perfice [[hoc]] precibus, [[pretio]], ut etc., Ter.: perficiam, ut etc., Cic.: tum perfecit, ut etc., Nep.: perfice, si [[potes]] ([[womöglich]]), ut etc., Cic.: u. im Imperat. ([[wie]] [[fac]]) zur Umschr. eines affirmativen Imperativs, perfice, ut cures, Cic. – m. folg. ne u. Konj., [[omnia]] perfecit, [[quae]] [[senatus]] salvā re publicā ne fieri possent perfecerat, Cic. Phil. 2, 55. – [[non]] perf. m. folg. [[quo]] [[minus]] u. Konj., [[illud]] [[non]] perficies, [[quo]] [[minus]] tuā causā [[velim]], Cic. ep. 3, 7, 6. – 2) obszön, [[wie]] ενεργειν, zustande [[kommen]], prästieren, [[hunc]], [[bei]] diesem, Mart. 3, 79, 2; vgl. Ov. art. am. 1, 389: [[tricies]] cum muliere, Capit. Maximin. 4, 7. – 3) prägn., [[vollkommen]] [[ausbilden]], Achillem citharā, Ov. art. am. 1, 11.

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