confectĭo, ōnis, f. [conficio] (several times in Cic.; elsewh. rare).
I A making, preparing, producing, arranging, composing, completing : hujus libri, Cic. Sen. 1, 2; cf. annalium, id. de Or. 2, 12, 52: materiae, id. Div. 1, 51, 116 dub. (B. and K. consectio, v. Orell. N. cr. ): olei, Pall. Nov. 5; cf. Veg. 6, 10, 2: belli, Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1: memoriae, id. Part. Or. 7, 26: tributi, i. e. an exaction , id. Fl. 9, 20: testamenti, Cod. Just. 6, 23, 27. —*
B Concr., that which is prepared, made , Pall. Oct. 17, 2.—
II A diminishing, destroying : escarum, a chewing, masticating , Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134: valetudinis, a weakening, impairing , id. Horte ns. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 269, 22.