Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1338.perficiō on page 1338
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perficere to accomplish
perficere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to accomplish.
Definitions for perficere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
do thoroughly, accomplish, bring about
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To bring (an action, process) to its end or conclusion, complete, finish. (b) to come to the end of, complete (a period of time). (c) to finish building, constructing, composing, etc.
- 2
To deal with finally (material things): (a) to break into pieces; esp. to break down, digest (food). (b) to end the life of, destroy. (c) to use up, exhaust.
- 3
To bring to its highest point of development, make perfect; (w. abl.) to make thoroughly accomplished (in an art). (b) to bring (plants) to maturity. (c) to apply the final processes to (a product), treat, prepare, or sim.
- 4
To construct, form, or fashion with skill or thoroughness (sts. little more than a synonym of facio).
- 5
To carry out, execute (a promise, injunction, etc.).
Sentences with perficere
Latin to English
Tam strēnuē labōrat ut multa perficiat.Compare He works so energetically that he accomplishes many things.
Aut non rem temptes aut perfice.Compare Either don't try at all or make sure you succeed.
Is bellum ego perficio quindecim dies.Compare I finished the war in fifteen days.
Transeo Rhenus navis ratisque, triginta mille passus infra is locus ubi pons perficio.Compare They cross the Rhine in ships and on rafts, thirty miles below the spot where the bridge had been made.
Nox is, quietus Romani, perficio bellum.Compare That night, the Romans keeping quiet, finished the war.
Conjugation table for perficere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| perficiō perficis perficit perficimus perficitis perficiunt | perficiēbam perficiēbās perficiēbat perficiēbāmus perficiēbātis perficiēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| perfēcī perfēcistī perfēcit perfēcimus perfēcistis perfēcērunt / perfēcēre | perfēceram perfēcerās perfēcerat perfēcerāmus perfēcerātis perfēcerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| perficiam perficiēs perficiet perficiēmus perficiētis perficient | perfēcerō perfēceris perfēcerit perfēcerimus perfēceritis perfēcerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| perficiam perficiās perficiat perficiāmus perficiātis perficiant | perficerem perficerēs perficeret perficerēmus perficerētis perficerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| perfēcerim perfēceris perfēcerit perfēcerimus perfēceritis perfēcerint | perfēcissem perfēcissēs perfēcisset perfēcissēmus perfēcissētis perfēcissent |
Infinitive present perficere Infinitive perfect perfēcisse Infinitive future perfectūrum esse | Imperative present perfice perficite Imperative future perficitō perficitō perficitōte perficiuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| perficior perficeris perficitur perficimur perficiminī perficiuntur | perficiēbar perficiēbāris / perficiēbāre perficiēbātur perficiēbāmur perficiēbāminī perficiēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| perfectus sum perfectus es perfectus est perfectī sumus perfectī estis perfectī sunt | perfectus eram perfectus erās perfectus erat perfectī erāmus perfectī erātis perfectī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| perficiar perficiēris / perficiēre perficiētur perficiēmur perficiēminī perficientur | perfectus erō perfectus eris perfectus erit perfectī erimus perfectī eritis perfectī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| perficiar perficiāris / perficiāre perficiātur perficiāmur perficiāminī perficiantur | perficerer perficerēris / perficerēre perficerētur perficerēmur perficerēminī perficerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| perfectus sim perfectus sīs perfectus sit perfectī sīmus perfectī sītis perfectī sint | perfectus essem perfectus essēs perfectus esset perfectī essēmus perfectī essētis perfectī essent |
Infinitive present perficī Infinitive perfect perfectum esse Infinitive future perfectum īrī | Imperative present perficere perficiminī Imperative future perficitor perficitor - perficiuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | perficiēns | perficientēs |
| Gen. | perficientis | perficientium |
| Dat. | perficientī | perficientibus |
| Acc. | perficientem | perficientēs |
| Abl. | perficiente | perficientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | perfectūrus | perfectūrī |
| Gen. | perfectūrī | perfectūrōrum |
| Dat. | perfectūrō | perfectūrīs |
| Acc. | perfectūrum | perfectūrōs |
| Abl. | perfectūrō | perfectūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | perfectus | perfectī |
| Gen. | perfectī | perfectōrum |
| Dat. | perfectō | perfectīs |
| Acc. | perfectum | perfectōs |
| Abl. | perfectō | perfectīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | perficiendus | perficiendī |
| Gen. | perficiendī | perficiendōrum |
| Dat. | perficiendō | perficiendīs |
| Acc. | perficiendum | perficiendōs |
| Abl. | perficiendō | perficiendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | perficere | perfectum |
| Gen. | perficiendī | perfectū |
| Dat. | perficiendō | |
| Acc. | perficiendum | |
| Abl. | perficiendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 483.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1338.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
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Wheelock's Latin
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