Latin

Participle

perfectus m ‎(feminine perfecta, neuter perfectum); first/second declension

1. achieved, executed, carried out, finished, completed, having been finished or completed; complete
2. perfected, having been perfected; perfect, excellent, exquisite
3. brought about, caused, having been brought about or caused
4. (grammar) perfect

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

References

• perfectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perfectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “perfectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • absolutely perfect: absolutus et perfectus
    
  • an ideal: undique expleta et perfecta forma
    
  • to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
    
  • Plato's ideal republic: civitas optima, perfecta Platonis
    
  • a man of profound erudition: vir perfecte planeque eruditus
    
  • a work of art: artis opus; opus arte factum or perfectum
    
  • to live a perfect life: virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)
    

Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin perfectus.

Adjective

perfectus m

1. perfect (faultless, etc.)
   • circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger

     Perfectus fud in caritet

     He was perfect in terms of charity

Usage notes

• The Vie de Saint Léger citation above is the only known recorded usage.