(v. a.adv.) : con-summo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.summa (not in use before the Aug. per.; most freq. in Quint.).
* To cast or sum up.
* Prop.: sumptus aedificiorum per arithmeticen,Vitr. 1, 1: numerum,Col. 5, 3, 4: pretium in assem,id. 3, 3, 8; 5, 2, 10.
* To bring about, accomplish, complete, finish, perfect, consummate.
* Trop., to bring together, unite: consummatam ejus (sc. Scipionis) belli gloriam, spectare,the gathered glory,Liv. 28, 17, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.
* Trop., to make perfect, to complete, perfect, bring to the highest perfection.
* In gen.: quae consummatur partibus una dies,i. e. an intercalary day,Ov. F. 3, 166: rem,Liv. 29, 23, 4; cf. id. 28, 17, 3 supra: opera,Col. 9, 13, 11: operam,Quint. 2, 6, 6: omnia (ars),id. 2, 17, 9: facultatem orandi,id. 3, 5, 1: partum,Col. 8, 5, 5: sacrum,Sen. Herc. Fur. 1039: parricidium,Curt. 6, 10, 14: annum,Dig. 2, 15, 8 al.: nihil felicitate consummari (potest), quod non Augustus repraesentaverit,Vell. 2, 89, 2.
* Absol., to complete a time of service (sc. stipendia), Suet. Calig. 44.
* Of inanimate things: nec denique ars ulla consummatur ibi, unde oriendum est,Quint. 3, 9, 9: vitam ante mortem,Sen. Ep. 32, 3; Quint. 12, 1, 31 (v. the passage in connection): ruris exercendi scientiam,Col. 8, 1, 1.
* Transf., of persons: Severum consummari mors immatura non passa est,to attain to the highest grade,Quint. 10, 1, 89; 10, 2, 28: cum est consummatus,when his education is complete,id. 10, 5, 14; cf.: unā re consummatur animus, scientiā bonorum ac malorum inmutabili,Sen. Ep. 88, 28.— Hence, consummātus, a, um, P. a., brought to the highest degree, perfect, complete, consummate.
* Of inanimate things: eloquentia,Quint. 1, prooem. § 20: scientia,id. 2, 21, 24: ars,Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48: robur virium,id. 10, 63, 83, § 177: sapientia,Col. 11, 1, 11; cf. Sen. Ep. 72, 6.
* Of persons: ne se perfectos protinus atque consummatos putent,Quint. 5, 10, 119; 10, 5, 14: orator,id. 2, 19, 1 sq.; 10, 1, 122: professores,id. 1, 9, 3.—Sup., Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6.—Comp. and adv. not in use.

s. TLL