perfectus
English
Noun
perfectus (plural perfecti)
- (historical, Christianity) Synonym of perfect (“leader of the Cathar movement”)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *perifaktos, perfect passive participle of perficiō (“carry out, finish; perfect; cause”).
Participle
perfectus (feminine perfecta, neuter perfectum, comparative perfectior, superlative perfectissimus); first/second-declension participle
- achieved, executed, carried out, finished, completed, having been finished or completed; complete
- Synonyms: absolutus, complētus, factus, dēfūnctus, effectus
- Antonyms: incohatus, infectus, imperfectus
- perfected, having been perfected; perfect, excellent, exquisite
- brought about, caused, having been brought about or caused
- (grammar) perfect
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | perfectus | perfecta | perfectum | perfectī | perfectae | perfecta | |
Genitive | perfectī | perfectae | perfectī | perfectōrum | perfectārum | perfectōrum | |
Dative | perfectō | perfectō | perfectīs | ||||
Accusative | perfectum | perfectam | perfectum | perfectōs | perfectās | perfecta | |
Ablative | perfectō | perfectā | perfectō | perfectīs | |||
Vocative | perfecte | perfecta | perfectum | perfectī | perfectae | perfecta |
Descendants
- Catalan: perfecte
- English: perfect
- French: parfait
- German: perfekt
- Italian: perfetto
- Norwegian: perfekt
- Occitan: perfièch
- Piedmontese: përfet
- Portuguese: perfeito
- Romanian: perfect
- Spanish: perfecto
- Welsh: perffaith
References
- “perfectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perfectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perfectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- absolutely perfect: absolutus et perfectus
- an ideal: undique expleta et perfecta forma
- to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
- Plato's ideal republic: civitas optima, perfecta Platonis
- a man of profound erudition: vir perfecte planeque eruditus
- a work of art: artis opus; opus arte factum or perfectum
- to live a perfect life: virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)
- absolutely perfect: absolutus et perfectus
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perfectus.
Adjective
perfectus m
- perfect (faultless, etc.)
- circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger
- Perfectus fud in caritet
- He was perfect in terms of charity
- Perfectus fud in caritet
- circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger
Usage notes
- The Vie de Saint Léger citation above is the only known recorded usage.