perfectio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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’s 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