Lewis & Short

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.