verb transitive

con-summo

2nd PP con-summāre · 3rd PP con-summāvi · 4th PP con-summātum · conj. 1st

summa (not in use before the Aug. per.; most freq. in Quint.).

To cast; sum up

To cast or sum up.

Prop.: sumptus aedificiorum per arithmeticen, Vitr. 1, 1: numerum, Col. 5, 3,… •

Prop.: sumptus aedificiorum per arithmeticen, Vitr. 1, 1: numerum, Col. 5, 3, 4: pretium in assem, id. 3, 3, 8; 5, 2, 10.—

to make up, amount to by extension •

Transf., of number, to make up, amount to: is numerus consummat ... milia tria et ducenta, Col. 3, 5, 4; 3, 3, 10.—

to bring together, unite figuratively •

Trop., to bring together, unite: consummatam ejus (sc. Scipionis) belli gloriam, spectare, the gathered glory, Liv. 28, 17, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.—

To bring about, accomplish, complete, finish, perfect, consummate

To bring about, accomplish, complete, finish, perfect, consummate.

In gen.: quae consummatur partibus una dies, i. e. an intercalary day, Ov. F.… •••

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

Absol., to complete a time of service (sc. stipendia), Suet. Calig. 44.—

to make perfect, to complete, perfect, bring to the highest perfection figuratively

Trop., to make perfect, to complete, perfect, bring to the highest perfection.

Of inanimate things: nec denique ars ulla consummatur ibi, unde oriendum est,… •

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.—

P. a., brought to the highest degree, perfect, complete, consummate by extension •

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,… ••

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,… •

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.

Perseus ID: n10700 Key: consummo