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consummātĭo, ōnis, f. [consummo] (postAug.).

  1. I. A casting up or reckoning together, a summing up, a summary view.
    1. A. Prop.: operarum, Col. 12, 13, 7: ambitus Europae, Plin. 4, 23, 37, § 121: singulorum mancipiorum, Dig. 21, 1, 36.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A union, accumulation: ita non haec (poma) sed consummatio omnium nocet, not fruit of itself, but the use of it in addition to all other food, Cels. 1, 3, 83.
      2. 2. In rhet. t. t., a comprehending, connecting together: cum plura argumenta ad unum effectum deducuntur, Quint. 9, 2, 103.
  2. II. A finishing, completing, accomplishing, consummation: susceptae professionis, Col. 9, 2, 2: habet res minime consummationem, id. 1, prooem. § 7: maximarum rerum, Sen. Brev. Vit. 1, 3: operis, Quint. 2, 18, 2; 6, 1, 55: liberalitatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 1; Vulg. Jer. 30, 11 (for the Heb. [??]) et saep.: alvi, i. e. a digestion of food, Plin. 26, 8, 28, § 43: gladiatorum, i. e. the main proof of their skill, id. 8, 7, 7, § 22: PRIMI PILI, i. e. the completed time of service as primipilus, Inscr. Orell. 3453.

consummātor, ōris, m. [consummo], a completer, finisher (eccl. Lat.): novi testamenti (opp. initiator veteris), Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 22 al.

consummātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from consummo.

con-summo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [summa] (not in use before the Aug. per.; most freq. in Quint.). To cast or sum up.

  1. A. Prop.: sumptus aedificiorum per arithmeticen, Vitr. 1, 1: numerum, Col. 5, 3, 4: pretium in assem, id. 3, 3, 8; 5, 2, 10.
    1. 2. Transf., of number, to make up, amount to: is numerus consummat … milia tria et ducenta, Col. 3, 5, 4; 3, 3, 10.
  2. B. Trop., to bring together, unite: consummatam ejus (sc. Scipionis) belli gloriam, spectare, the gathered glory, Liv. 28, 17, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.
  • II. To bring about, accomplish, complete, finish, perfect, consummate.
    1. A. Prop.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. Absol., to complete a time of service (sc. stipendia), Suet. Calig. 44.
  • III. Trop., to make perfect, to complete, perfect, bring to the highest perfection.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. 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.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. 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.