(v. a.P. a.) : confĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 (
* Perf. subj. confexim, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 39; in pass., besides the regular form conficior, freq., but not in Cic., in acc. with fīo, fieri: confit,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Lucr. 4, 291; Col. 2, 15, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; 31, 7, 40, § 83; Macr. S. 1, 14, 13; id. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; 1, 2: confiunt,Lucr. 4, 738; Arn. 7, 219: confiat,Col. 1, 8, 12; Lucr. 4, 929 Lachm.: confiant, Imp. Leo, Cod. 2, 7, 11: confieret, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 3; 9, 7, A, 1; Liv. 5, 50, 7: confierent,Suet. Caes. 20; Arn. 2, 73: confieri,Lucr. 2, 1069; 5, 889; Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Verg. A. 4, 116; v. Forbig. ad loc.; Tac. A. 15, 59; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 611), v. a. facio.
* To make a thing completely ready, to make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, etc. (except in Quint., freq. in all periods and species of composition).
* Lit.
* Transf., to diminish, lessen, weaken an object; to sweep away, destroy, kill, wear out, consume.
* Trop.
* In gen., to prepare, provide, procure, to bring together, = colligo: virginem, Quam amabat, eam confeci sine molestiā,Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.; so, centurias,to secure their votes,Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18; cf.: suam tribum necessariis suis,Cic. Planc. 18, 45: hortos mihi,id. Att. 12, 37, 2: bibliothecam,id. ib. 1, 7 fin.: exercitum difficili rei publicae tempore,id. Imp. Pomp. 21, 61: exercitus maximos,id. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf.: armata milia centum,Caes. B. G. 2, 4: (serpentum) magnam multitudinem (just before, colligere),Nep. Hann. 10, 5: erat ei de ratiunculā apud me pauxillulum nummorum, id ut conficerem: confeci,Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 4: permagnam pecuniam ex illā re,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138; cf.: conficiendae pecuniae rationes,id. Fl. 9, 20.—Hence, confĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), effecting, causing, producing, efficient (rare, and only in Cic.): causae,Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93: corporis bonorum conficientia (τἁ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ποιητικά), productive of physical good, id. Fin. 5, 27, 81 Madv.: civitas conficientissima litterarum,very carefully noting down every thing,id. Fl. 19, 44.
* Of space or distance traversed, to pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make, accomplish: iter,Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 12; Nep. Ages. 4, 4 al.; cf.: tertiam partem itineris,id. Eum. 8, 6; and poet.: nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,Verg. G. 2, 541: cursum,Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Verg. A. 5, 362: cursum vitae,Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2: cursus annuos conficit sol,id. N. D. 1, 31, 87; 2, 20, 52: longam viam,id. Sen. 2, 6: celeritate incredibili longissimas vias,Suet. Caes. 57.—Rarely of space occupied: tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur,Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14).
* In gen., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect: sollicitudines mihi,Ter. And. 4, 1, 26: geminas nuptias,id. ib. 4, 1, 50; cf.: aliquid mali gnato,id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1: pacem,id. ib. 5, 2, 45: motus animorum,Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324.—With two accs.: animum auditoris mitem et misericordem,Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106: reditum alicui,to procure,id. Fam. 9, 13, 4.—Also absol., to be efficient, to accomplish a direct result, be an active cause (philos. t. t.): aliae causae ipsae conficiunt, aliae vim aliquam ad conficiendum afferunt,Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93.
* Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass: cum sexaginta annos confecerit,Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92: centum annos,id. Or. 52, 176: diem,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 78: tum denique judicetur beatusne fuerit, cum extremum vitae diem morte confecerit,Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76: annuum tempus,id. Att. 15, 15, 4: omnem vitae suae cursum in labore corporis atque in animi contentione (just before: ut in amore et voluptatibus adulescentiam suam collocaret),id. Cael. 17, 39: annuum munus,id. Fam. 2, 12, 1: biennium,id. Quint. 12, 40: suas horas (somnus),Sil. 4, 89: aequinoctium,Col. 2, 8, 2; cf. brumam,id. 9, 14, 12; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232: commissum ac profligatum bellum,Liv. 8, 25, 5; Flor. 2, 15, 2.
* In philos. lang., to bring forward as proved, to show, deduce: conclusio est, quae ex eis quae ante dicta sunt, conficit, quid necessario consequatur,Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41 fin.; Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 53; hence, conficior, to follow logically (from something), to be deduced; with ex: cum id perspicuum sit, quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione,Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 72; so Quint. 5, 14, 9; 5, 14, 22; 9, 4, 69; and absol., Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87 al.
* Prop.: dentes intimi escas conficiunt,grind,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; so Liv. 2, 32, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; cf. cibos,to digest,Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180 al.: ignes Conficerent vulgo silvas, arbusta cremarent,Lucr. 1, 905; cf.: conficere, omnia igni, frigore,id. 1, 536: patrimonium suum (corresp. with dissipare),Cic. Fl. 36, 90: sapiens si fame ipse conficiatur ... vir bonus, ne ipse frigore conficiatur, etc.,id. Off. 3, 6, 29.—With acc. and inf.: ipse conficior venisse tempus cum possim, etc.,Cic. Att. 10, 18, 3: nihil est opere et manu factum, quod non conficiat et consumat vetustas,id. Marcell. 4, 11: quae vetustas est, quae vim divinam conficere possit? id. Div. 2, 57, 117.—In part. perf.: sicut fortis equus ... senio confectu' quiescit, impaired, weakened, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14; and so very freq.: confectus senectute,Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: aetate,Sall. J. 9, 4; Cat. 68, 119: aevo,Verg. A. 11, 85: senectā, Ov M. 6, 37: cum corporis morbo tum animi dolore,Cic. Mur. 40, 86; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Att. 11, 11, 1: multis gravibusque vulneribus,Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; Sall. J. 60, 7: curā,Ter. And. 2, 1, 4: dolore,Cat. 65, 1.—Without abl.: ut fessos confectosque aggrediantur,exhausted,Liv. 1, 23, 9; cf.: confectus et saucius,Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24: artus,Lucr. 3, 947: ego te hic hac offatim conficiam,to cut in pieces,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52: Athenienses,to subdue,Nep. Lys. 1, 1; so, provinciam,Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111; Liv. 26, 21, 2; 28, 28, 7; 40, 28, 8; 41, 12, 3; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Liv. 27, 5, 3; 40, 35, 4: duos hostium exercitus,id. 2, 40, 13: me (sica illa) paene confecit,killed,Cic. Mil. 14, 37: alterum Curiatium,Liv. 1, 25, 10; cf. saucium,id. 42, 16, 1: Caligulam vulneribus triginta,Suet. Calig. 58: maximam vim serpentium (ibes),Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; so of the killing of animals,Suet. Claud. 21; id. Dom. 19; Lampr. Com. 13 al.; cf. confector, II.; and in mal. part.,Suet. Ner. 29 (v. the passage in its connection).
* Trop.: conficere aliquem verbis,Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 49: (captivos) omnibus notis ignominiisque,Liv. 22, 61, 9: lectio non cruda sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,Quint. 10, 1, 19: sidus confectum,its influence has ceased, it has set,Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207.

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