perfectio
τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
Latin > English
perfectio perfectionis N F :: perfection, completion; bringing to completion/perfection; ideal/completed form
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
perfectĭo: ōnis, f. perficio,
I a finishing, completing, perfecting; perfection (class.): hanc absolutionem perfectionemque in oratore desiderans, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 130: perfectio atque absolutio optimi, id. Brut. 36, 137: ad cumulum perfectionis accedere, Greg. M. Ep. 7, 10 fin.; Cic. Or. 29, 103; id. Fin. 3, 9, 32; Vulg. Num. 6, 21.—Plur.: operum perfectiones, Vitr. 3, 1, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
perfectĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (perficio), complet achèvement : Cic. Marc. 25 ; optimi perfectio atque absolutio Cic. Br. 137, l’achèvement et la réalisation parfaite du mieux (de l’idéal) || perfection : Cic. de Or. 1, 130 ; Br. 137 || au pl., Vitr. Arch. 3, 1, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
perfectio, ōnis, f. (perficio), die Ausführung, Vollendung, Vervollkommnung, Vollkommenheit (Ggstz. imperfectio, Augustin. in Galat. 12), si non perfectio, at conatus tamen atque adumbratio, Cic.: p. maximorum operum, Cic.: p. sui, Macr.: p. atque absolutio optimi, das Ziel idealer Vollkommenheit, Cic.: hanc ego perfectionem absolutionemque in oratore desiderans, Cic.: mit Abl. (durch), earum ipsarum rerum reapse, non oratione perfectio, Cic. de rep. 1, 2. – Plur., operum perfectiones, Vitr. 3, 1, 4.
