conficio

== Latin == === Etymology === From con- (“with, together”) + faciō (“do, make”). Compare condō from the same root. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈfɪ.ki.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o] === Verb === cōnficiō (present infinitive cōnficere, perfect active cōnfēcī, supine cōnfectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation to prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse Synonyms: perficiō, dēfungor, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, absolvō, efficiō, impleō, conclūdō, condō, exsequor, fungor, nāvō, perpetrō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, gerō, claudō, inclūdō, peragō, perferō, persolvō, exhauriō to produce, cause, bring about, effect, secure to finish, end, spend, pass, complete to procure, bring together, collect, produce, prepare Synonyms: confero, conveho, contraho to perform, celebrate (philosophy) to show, deduce, demonstrate (figuratively) to diminish, lessen, wear out, consume, exhaust Synonyms: abutor, perago, tero, effundo, accido, eneco to destroy, kill Synonyms: ēnecō, occīdō, interimō, caedō, obtruncō, necō, percutiō, interficiō, trucīdō, iugulō, sōpiō, perimō, peragō, dēiciō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: confire Italian: confare, ⇒ confarsi ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cōnfectāre Italian: confettare Portuguese: confeitar Spanish: cohechar ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *excōnficiō Old Occitan: esconfire →? Italian: sconfiggere === References === “conficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “conficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “conficio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. conficio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016