end (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. fīnio, 42. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 33. claudo, si, sum, 34. expr. by fīnisB. Intrans.I. To terminate, of length or continuation1. dēsĭno, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 32. fīnior, 43. exeo, 4, irr.II. To cease, come to an end1. fīnio, 4 (by ellipsis of object)2. expr. by fīnis3. dēsĭno, 3III. To turn out • end (v.): A. Trans.: 1. fīnio, 4: v. end, subs. (I. Phr.). 2. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: v. to finish. 3. claudo, si, sum, 3: v. to close, conclude. 4. expr. by fīnis: to e. a speech, orationi f. facere, Cic.; f. dare loquendi, Virg. B. Intrans.: I. To terminate, of length or continuation: 1. dēsĭno, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 3: to e. in (the tail of) a fish, in piscem d., Hor. A. P. 4 (simly Virg. of Triton, in pristin d., A. 10, 211): to e. in a point (of a cone), in cacuminis finem d., Plin. 2. fīnior, 4: a noun e.ing in the letters o or n, nomen quod o et n literis finiretur, Quint. 1, 5, 60: to e. with verbs (of sentences), verbis finiri, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191. 3. exeo, 4, irr.: to e. in certain letters, in quasdam litteras ex., Quint. l. c. (who has also terminari in same sense). Phr.: to e. in a conical point, in metae cacumen se contrahere, Plin. II. To cease, come to an end: 1. fīnio, 4 (by ellipsis of object): I was about to e., finiturus eram, Ov. A. A. 1, 755 (not to be imitated in prose). 2. expr. by fīnis: the civil wars seemed to be e.'d, civilia arma cepisse f. videbantur, Tac. H. 4, 3. 3. dēsĭno, 3: v. to cease. III. To turn out: cēdo, ssi, ssum, 3: to e. well or ill, prospere, male c.: v. to turn out (intrans.). Phr.: I had my fears how it would e., verebar quorsum evaderet, Ter.: all's well that e.s well, exitus acta probat (= ab eventu facta notanda, success the test of actions), Ov. Her. 2, 85 (see the place).