perfectio
Latin
Alternative forms
- perfecciō (medieval)
Etymology
From perficiō + -tiō.
Noun
perfectiō f (genitive perfectiōnis); third declension
- finishing, completion
- perfection
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | perfectiō | perfectiōnēs |
| Genitive | perfectiōnis | perfectiōnum |
| Dative | perfectiōnī | perfectiōnibus |
| Accusative | perfectiōnem | perfectiōnēs |
| Ablative | perfectiōne | perfectiōnibus |
| Vocative | perfectiō | perfectiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: perfecció
- French: perfection
- Italian: perfezione
- Piedmontese: përfession
- → Polish: perfekcja
- Portuguese: perfeição
- Spanish: perfección
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, 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
- to attain perfection: ad perfectionem, (ad summum) pervenire