finish (v.) Copy link Outline I. To accomplish completely1. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 32. perfĭcio, 3 (pointing more to the close than conficio)3. absolvo, vi, ūtum, 3 (to f. off)4. pĕrăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to carry through to the end)5. exĭgo, 3 (mostly poet.)6. dēfungor, nctus, 3 (to have done with a thing7. explĭco, āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (in late writers8. consummo, 1 (to put the finishing stroke to9. patro, 1 (to execute, discharge)10. perpetro, 1 (like patro, but pointing more to the end of what is done)11. expleo, 2 (rare)II. To put an end to1. fīnio, 42. termĭno, 1 • finish (v.): I. To accomplish completely: 1. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: to f. the rest of a journey, iter reliquum c., Cic.: to carry on and f. a war, bellum gerere et c., Cic. Bal. 20, 47: v. to accomplish. 2. perfĭcio, 3 (pointing more to the close than conficio): he f.s the bridge in two days, pontem biduo perficit, Caes. B. C. 1, 54. Join: absolvere et perficere, Cic. 3. absolvo, vi, ūtum, 3 (to f. off): to f. a part (of a statue), partem a., Cic. Off. 3, 2, 10: a history cannot be f.'d in a hurry, historia [non] potest exiguo tempore absolvi (opp. to institui), Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 9. 4. pĕrăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to carry through to the end): to f. the elections (go through with them), comitia p., Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10: to f. one's course, cursum p., Virg. 5. exĭgo, 3 (mostly poet.): cf. Hor. Od. 3, 30, 1. 6. dēfungor, nctus, 3 (to have done with a thing: with abl.): he hastens to f. the combat, d. proelio festinat, Liv. 1, 25: most freq. in p. part.: bodies that have f.'d (done with) life, defuncta corpora vitâ, Virg.: Hor. 7. explĭco, āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (in late writers: lit. to unfold): to f. a journey, iter ex., Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 1: I soon f.'d my elegiacs, elegos celeriter explicui, Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 7: hence the "explicit" = finis, of the MSS. 8. consummo, 1 (to put the finishing stroke to: chiefly in later authors): to f. public works that have been begun, opera inchoata c., Plin. Ep. 10, 33, fin.: as soon as hens f. laying, they want to sit, ut primum partum consummaverint, gallinae incubare cupiunt, Col. 8, 5, ad init. 9. patro, 1 (to execute, discharge): after the day's work is f.'d, patratis operibus, XII. Tab. in Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19: to f. the war (bring it to an end), bellum p., Sall.: Tac. 10. perpetro, 1 (like patro, but pointing more to the end of what is done): as soon as I had f.'d all my work, postquam opus meum omne perpetravi, Pl.: Tac. 11. expleo, 2 (rare): v. to complete. II. To put an end to: 1. fīnio, 4: to f. a lunch with mulberries, prandium moris f., Hor. S. 2, 4, 21: Caes.: Cic. 2. termĭno, 1: v. to end, terminate.