perform Copy link Outline I. To carry out, accomplish; usu. with ref. to that which is incumbent on any one1. praesto, stĭti, stĭtum, f. part. -āturus, 1. (to make good, discharge). I shall have p.'d my duty to the state, ego meum reipublicae officium praestitero, Caes. B. G. 4, 252. exsĕquor, cūtus, 3 (to carry out, fulfil)3. fungor, nctus, 3 (with abl.)4. perfĭcio, 3 (to finish, p. completely)5. pĕrăgo, ēgi, actum, 3II. To act a play or a part in one ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3. to p. a play, a. fabulam, Ter. Ad. prol. 12. to p. the principal part, primas partes agere, id. Ph. prol. 27. To p. from beginning to end, peragere, Cic. Sen. 19, 70. (N.B.--Ago is not used absol.) Phr. • perform: I. To carry out, accomplish; usu. with ref. to that which is incumbent on any one: 1. praesto, stĭti, stĭtum, f. part. -āturus, 1. (to make good, discharge). I shall have p.'d my duty to the state, ego meum reipublicae officium praestitero, Caes. B. G. 4, 25: whatever you promise him, I will p.; quamcunque ei fidem dederis praestabo, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, fin.: Liv. 2. exsĕquor, cūtus, 3 (to carry out, fulfil): to p. all the functions of a king, omnia regis officia ex., Cic. Sen. 10, 34: v. to execute (I., 1). So, persĕquor, 3 (to carry on to the end): Ter.: Cic. 3. fungor, nctus, 3 (with abl.): to p. one's duty, f. officio, Cic. Coel. 9, 21: I will p. the part of a whetstone, fungar vice cotis, Hor. A. P. 304 to p. religious rites, sacris f., ib. 224. So, perfungor, 3 (to p. completely): Cic. 4. perfĭcio, 3 (to finish, p. completely): to see to it that tasks are p.'d, curare ut opera perficiantur, Cato R. R. 2: Cic.: v. to accomplish, finish. 5. pĕrăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: to p. any one's bidding, mandata alicujus p., Ov. M. 7, 502: to p. funeral rites, justa p., Plin. 2, 109, 112. Phr..: to p. religious services, rem divinam facere, Cato R. R. 5: Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7: Cic.: also, sacra facere (usu. with ref. to certain special rites, whereas, rem divinam facere denotes worship of the gods in the most general sense), Cic. Bal. 24, 55: Liv. 5, 52 facio is also used absol.: when sacred rites were being p.'d on behalf of the people, quum pro populo fieret, Cic. Att. 1, 13: also, operari; with p. part. operatus, in imperf. sense = engaged in p.ing sacred rites: e. g. operatus his sacris, Liv. 1, 31, fin.: and absol., Virg. G. 1, 339: Hor.: to p. funeral rites, justa solvere, conficere, etc.: v. funeral (subs.). II. To act a play or a part in one ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3. to p. a play, a. fabulam, Ter. Ad. prol. 12. to p. the principal part, primas partes agere, id. Ph. prol. 27. To p. from beginning to end, peragere, Cic. Sen. 19, 70. (N.B.--Ago is not used absol.) Phr.: he is aware it is Roscius that is p.ing, in scena Roscium esse intelligit, Cic. Br. 84, 289: it was no disgrace to p. (lit. appear) on the stage, in scenam prodire nemini fuit turpitudini, Nep. pref.: new comedies are being p.'d, novae prodeunt comoediae, Pl. Cas. prol. 9. the play was p.'d in the consulate of ..., edita [fabula] ... Coss., Ter. pref. Andr. etc. (edita, given to the public, namely by the Aediles: the fact of performance is denoted by acta. ib.).
PERFORM Copy link • PERFORMTo achieve, accomplish, conficere (to bring to an end, so that the labor is over; to finish, without reference to the production of a perfect work, itinera, mandata conficiuntur, non perficiuntur nec absolvuntur, Diod.): efficere, ad effectum adducere (to bring to actual existence): perficere (to carry through to the end; to make anything perfect; opposed to inchoare, to begin): absolvere (to finish off, so that no more remains to be done; to make complete; opposed to inchoare, instituere). (The words are found in this connection and order.) absolvere ac (et) perficere: peragere (to carry a business through): exsequi, persequi (to follow up till it is done; especially of things done by rule or direction, officium, mandata): adipisci, assequi (the former dwelling more on the object achieved; the latter on the persevering exertions by which it was achieved): ad finem adducere (to bring anything to its intended end; to complete): patrare (of important actions publicly performed; an old and solemn word that had probably a religious meaning at first; strengthened perpetrare): sometimes facere alone (opposed to cogitare). To be able to perform anything, *parem esse alicui rei exsequendae. To perform one’s promises [Vid: PROMISES]. To do, act, facere, agere. [SYN. in ACT.] To act a part on the stage, or in life, agere aliquem or alicujus partes; alicujus personam tueri (not alicujus personam agere): simulare aliquem, or with accusative and infinitive (to pretend to be anybody): ☞ ludere aliquem is unclassical; exhibere aliquem, not Latin: to perform a play, fabulam agere (not fabulam docere, which is said of the author only). To forbid the players to perform, histrionibus scenam interdicere (Suet.): the players will not perform to-night, *histriones hodie in scenam non prodibunt.