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confectĭo, ōnis, f. [conficio] (several times in Cic.; elsewh. rare).
- I. A making, preparing, producing, arranging, composing, completing: hujus libri, Cic. Sen. 1, 2; cf. annalium, id. de Or. 2, 12, 52: materiae, id. Div. 1, 51, 116 dub. (B. and K. consectio, v. Orell. N. cr.): olei, Pall. Nov. 5; cf. Veg. 6, 10, 2: belli, Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1: memoriae, id. Part. Or. 7, 26: tributi, i. e. an exaction, id. Fl. 9, 20: testamenti, Cod. Just. 6, 23, 27.
- * B. Concr., that which is prepared, made, Pall. Oct. 17, 2.
- II. A diminishing, destroying: escarum, a chewing, masticating, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134: valetudinis, a weakening, impairing, id. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 269, 22.
confector, ōris, m. [conficio].
- I. A maker, preparer, finisher (rare): coriorum, i. e. a tanner, Firm. Math. 3, 9, 7: purpurae, i. e. a dyer, Vop. Aur. 29: negotiorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 108: totius belli, id. Fam. 10, 20, 3: dux et exercitus tanti belli confector, Tac. A. 14, 39 al.
- II. A destroyer, consumer: cardinum, he who breaks them, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 268, 33: confector et consumptor omnium ignis, Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41: ferarum, a slayer, Suet. Aug. 43; id. Ner. 12; cf. conficio, II.
‡ confectōrārĭus or confectūrā-rĭus, ĭi, m. [confector], he who slaughters, a butcher, Inscr. Orell. 3672; 4167.
‡ confectōrĭum, ii, n., = χοιροσφαγεῖον, a place where swine are slaughtered, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
* confectrix, īcis, f. [confector, II.], that which destroys, a destroyer: vetustas, Lact. 7, 11, 5 (after a passage of Cicero).
confectūra, ae, f. [conficio], a making, preparing (post-Aug. and rare): mellis, Col. 9, 14, 5: chartae, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75: caerulei, id. 33, 13, 57, § 162.
confectus, a, um, Part., from conficio.