perfectio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

perfectĭo, ōnis, f. [perficio],

a finishing , completing , perfecting; perfection (class.): hanc absolutionem perfectionemque in oratore desiderans, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 130: perfectio atque absolutio optimi, id. Brut. 36, 137: ad cumulum perfectionis accedere, Greg. M. Ep. 7, 10 fin. ; Cic. Or. 29, 103; id. Fin. 3, 9, 32; Vulg. Num. 6, 21.— Plur. : operum perfectiones, Vitr. 3, 1, 4.

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