perfecte Latin · revision 34607

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈfɛk.teː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈfɛk.te]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perfectē''' (comparative perfectius, superlative perfectissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|perfectus|-ē|t1=complete, perfect]],^(OLD 2012) the participle of [[m|la|perficiō|t=to complete]],^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) a compound of [[m|la|per-]] and [[m|la|faciō|t=to make]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan derives [[m|la|faciō]] from [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁-k-|t=to make]], beside [[m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Brutus'' and ''De oratore'' calls a man ''perfecte eruditus'', thoroughly learned.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its sense is “fully, completely, perfectly”, so that nothing is lacking.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero also uses it of imitating the truth perfectly in the ''De divinatione''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The comparative ''perfectius'' appears in Apuleius and Tertullian, the superlative ''perfectissime'' in Gellius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler also records it in the Bible and in scholastic theology.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of thorough learning.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses the comparative.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses the comparative.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses the superlative.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|fully|alt=Fully]], [[m|en|completely]], [[m|en|perfectly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}