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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=la faciō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈfɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnficiō''' (present infinitive cōnficere, perfect active cōnfēcī, supine cōnfectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ An inscription has the perfect ''cofeci''.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-]] “together, thoroughly” and [[faciō]] “to do, make”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Livius Andronicus, of making something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260 to before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to do, perform, as in Plautus, and in Livius Andronicus to make, manufacture.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to write down, to achieve, to prove, and of parts to make up a whole, and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of bringing about.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to collect, raise troops, and to finish, and in Ennius to cover a distance; in Cicero to complete a period of time.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it also meant to chop up and chew food, in Lucilius to use up, and in Plautus of grief to wear down; in Cicero it meant to destroy, squander, and to kill.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to complete, make thoroughly, destroy.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''confire'' “to preserve (fruit)” and Portuguese ''confeitar'', and its noun ''cōnfectiō'' gave [[en|confection]] in the mid-14th century, first of anything prepared by mixing.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it of making.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of doing, finishing and chewing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of achieving and killing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''confection'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To do, perform; to make, [[m|en|manufacture]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To write down.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bring about; to achieve; to prove.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To make up, compose.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To collect; to raise (troops).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To finish; to cover (a distance); to complete (a period).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To chop up; to chew; to use up.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To wear down; to destroy; to kill.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cōnfectiō]]
+ * [[cōnfector]]
+ * [[cōnfectōrium]]
+ * [[cōnfectrīx]]
+ * [[cōnfectūra]]
+ * [[inconfectus]]
+ * [[sēmicōnfectus]]
+ * [[cōnfectus]]
+ * [[cōnficiēns]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[afficiō]]
+ * [[cōnfectōrārius]]
+ * [[dēficiō]]
+ * [[efficiō]]
+ * [[faciō]]
+ * [[īnficiō]]
+ * [[interficiō]]
+ * [[officiō]]
+ * [[perficiō]]
+ * [[praeficiō]]
+ * [[en|confection]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}