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.
finish (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. absolutio perfectioque (oratoris), Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 130.2. līma (meton. • finish (subs.): i. e. perfection: 1. absolutio perfectioque (oratoris), Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 130. 2. līma (meton.: lit. a polishing-file): the pains and time required in order to attain f., limae labor et mora, Hor. A. P. 291: wanting in f. (Aeschylus), rudis et incompositus, Quint. 10, 1, 66.
FINISH Copy link • FINISHTRANS., finire: terminare (denote the mere ending without reference to how far the object of the action has been attained; finire, opposed to incipere; terminare, opposed to continuare): consummare: absolvere: perficere (denote the completing a work, the bringing it to a proper and satisfactory end; consummare, as the most general term, opposed to leaving it half finished; absolvere, opposed to inchoare, denotes a duty fulfilled, a difficult task ended, so that the person is now free; perficere, opposed to conari, refers to an object attained; to a task of one’s own choice, which may now be considered perfectly accomplished, etc.): conficere (to finish anything made up of several actions; e.g., bellum): finem alicui rei afferre: aliquid ad finem adducere or perducere (to bring anything to a conclusion): aliquid transigere (to conclude or settle some business): aliquid profligare (to despatch it, with a single stroke as it were): efficere (to bring about, to effect, if the final object has been obtained; libri ad Varronem sunt effecti, Cic.): exsequi (to execute according to prescription, order; e.g., officium, alicujus mandata): peragere (to carry through, if the business required constant activity to the end; e.g., fabulam, consulatum): potrare (to present something as actually effected, completed, when the author and effect are clearly seen; e.g., caedem, bellum, incepta): perpetrare (to bring about completely, with reference to publicity; non creditur, nisi perpetratum, facinus, Liv.). ☞ It is but seldom that Cic. and Caes. use finire aliquid, except in the sense of putting a limit to anything, defining anything, etc.: to finish a letter, epistolam concludes; a war, bellum conficere, perficere or comprimere, but also finire. Again, finire cannot well stand intransitively, or rather absolutely, without object expressed: to give anything the finishing stroke, aliquid absolvere or perficere; perpolire atque conficere: extremam or summam manum imponere alicui rei (Verg., Aen., 7, 537; Sen., Ep., 12, 4; Quint., prooem., 4). [Vid: To END, COMPLETE.] Finished, absolutus: perfectus (absolutely, is extensive, referring to the completeness of the work; perfectus, intensive, referring to its excellence): Vid: End, INTRANS.
FINISH, FINISHING Copy link • FINISH, FINISHINGabsolutio: perfectio: absolutio perfectioque (the highest degree of perfection).