perfinitio

Latin

Etymology

Probably per- (“completely”) +‎ fīnītiō (“a determining”, “an assigning”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /per.fiːˈniː.ti.oː/, [pɛrfiːˈniːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.fiˈnit.t͡si.o/, [perfiˈnit̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

perfīnītiō f (genitive perfīnītiōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, law) a judgment, ruling, decision
   • 741–9, Lex Baiwariorum (1926), title XII, head viiii, pages 403–4:

     Emunda territorium meum usque ad legis perfinitionem.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perfīnītiō	perfīnītiōnēs
Genitive	perfīnītiōnis	perfīnītiōnum
Dative	perfīnītiōnī	perfīnītiōnibus
Accusative	perfīnītiōnem	perfīnītiōnēs
Ablative	perfīnītiōne	perfīnītiōnibus
Vocative	perfīnītiō	perfīnītiōnēs

Synonyms

• (a judgment, ruling, decision): dēfīnītiō, iūdicium (both Classical)

Descendants

• Middle French: perfinition

References

• Charles du Fresne et al., Gloſſarium ad Scriptores Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (a new edition, richer and enlarged), volume V (1734), column 385, “¶ Perfinitio”
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 788/1, “perfinitio”