to secure their votes

confĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj. confexim, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 39; in pass., besides the regular form conficior, freq., but not in Cic., in acc. with fīo, fieri:

confit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Lucr. 4, 291; Col. 2, 15, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; 31, 7, 40, § 83; Macr. S. 1, 14, 13; id. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; 1, 2:

confiunt,

Lucr. 4, 738; Arn. 7, 219:

confiat,

Col. 1, 8, 12; Lucr. 4, 929 Lachm.: confiant, Imp. Leo, Cod. 2, 7, 11: confieret, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 3; 9, 7, A, 1; Liv. 5, 50, 7:

confierent,

Suet. Caes. 20; Arn. 2, 73:

confieri,

Lucr. 2, 1069; 5, 889; Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Verg. A. 4, 116; v. Forbig. ad loc.; Tac. A. 15, 59; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 611), v. a. [facio].

To make a thing completely ready, to make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, etc. (except in Quint., freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

nisi cottidiano sesquiopus confeceris,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67; cf.

pensum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

eme lanam, unde pallium conficiatur,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; cf.:

anulum, pallium, soccos suā manu,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

vestem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Suet. Aug. 73:

ligna ad fornacem,

to make ready, prepare for, Cato, R. R. 16; cf.:

conficere atque contexere villos ovium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

aurum et argentum,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 157:

frumenta (with molere),

id. 7, 56, 57, § 191:

tabulas litteris Graecis,

to write, draw up, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; [p. 413] cf.:

libros Graeco sermone,

to compose, write, Nep. Hann. 13, 2;

and librum Graece,

id. Att. 18, 6:

tabulas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60:

orationes,

Nep. Cato, 3, 3:

illam partem superiorem orationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 22; Suet. Claud. 26:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 54; Sall. C. 51, 5; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 21, 40, 11; so,

duella,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 al.; cf.

proelium,

Sall. C. 61, 1:

tantum facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76; cf.

caedem,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

legitima quaedam,

id. Phoc. 4, 2:

residua diurni actus,

Suet. Aug. 78:

mandata,

Cic. Planc. 11, 28; id. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3; Sall. J. 12, 4:

omnibus rebus magnā curā, multā operā et labore confectis,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

negotium,

id. B. C. 1, 29; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5:

quibus rebus confectis,

Sall. C. 46, 1; Nep. Pelop. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

confecto legationis officio,

id. B. C. 3, 103.—

Esp.

In the lang. of business, to settle, close a bargain, finish, etc.; absol.:

tu cum Apellā Chio confice de columnis,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1:

quod si mihi permisisses, confecissem cum coheredibus,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 1:

de Acutiliano negotio quod mihi mandaras... confeceram,

id. Att. 1, 5, 4.—

Of space or distance traversed, to pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make, accomplish:

iter,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 12; Nep. Ages. 4, 4 al.; cf.:

tertiam partem itineris,

id. Eum. 8, 6; and poet.:

nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,

Verg. G. 2, 541:

cursum,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Verg. A. 5, 362:

cursum vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

cursus annuos conficit sol,

id. N. D. 1, 31, 87; 2, 20, 52:

longam viam,

id. Sen. 2, 6:

celeritate incredibili longissimas vias,

Suet. Caes. 57.—Rarely of space occupied:

tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14).—

Trop.

In gen., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect:

sollicitudines mihi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 26:

geminas nuptias,

id. ib. 4, 1, 50; cf.:

aliquid mali gnato,

id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

pacem,

id. ib. 5, 2, 45:

motus animorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324.—With two accs.:

animum auditoris mitem et misericordem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

reditum alicui,

to procure, id. Fam. 9, 13, 4.—Also absol., to be efficient, to accomplish a direct result, be an active cause (philos. t. t.):

aliae causae ipsae conficiunt, aliae vim aliquam ad conficiendum afferunt,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93.—

Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass:

cum sexaginta annos confecerit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

centum annos,

id. Or. 52, 176:

diem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 78:

tum denique judicetur beatusne fuerit, cum extremum vitae diem morte confecerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

annuum tempus,

id. Att. 15, 15, 4:

omnem vitae suae cursum in labore corporis atque in animi contentione (just before: ut in amore et voluptatibus adulescentiam suam collocaret),

id. Cael. 17, 39:

annuum munus,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

biennium,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

suas horas (somnus),

Sil. 4, 89:

aequinoctium,

Col. 2, 8, 2; cf.

brumam,

id. 9, 14, 12; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

commissum ac profligatum bellum,

Liv. 8, 25, 5; Flor. 2, 15, 2.—

In philos. lang., to bring forward as proved, to show, deduce:

conclusio est, quae ex eis quae ante dicta sunt, conficit, quid necessario consequatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41 fin.; Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 53; hence, conficior, to follow logically (from something), to be deduced; with ex:

cum id perspicuum sit, quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 72; so Quint. 5, 14, 9; 5, 14, 22; 9, 4, 69; and absol., Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87 al.—

Transf., to diminish, lessen, weaken an object; to sweep away, destroy, kill, wear out, consume.

Prop.:

dentes intimi escas conficiunt,

grind, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; so Liv. 2, 32, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; cf.

cibos,

to digest, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180 al.:

ignes Conficerent vulgo silvas, arbusta cremarent,

Lucr. 1, 905; cf.:

conficere, omnia igni, frigore,

id. 1, 536:

patrimonium suum (corresp. with dissipare),

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

sapiens si fame ipse conficiatur... vir bonus, ne ipse frigore conficiatur, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29.—With acc. and inf.:

ipse conficior venisse tempus cum possim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 3:

nihil est opere et manu factum, quod non conficiat et consumat vetustas,

id. Marcell. 4, 11: quae vetustas est, quae vim divinam conficere possit? id. Div. 2, 57, 117.—In part. perf.: sicut fortis equus... senio confectu' quiescit, impaired, weakened, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14;

and so very freq.: confectus senectute,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

aetate,

Sall. J. 9, 4; Cat. 68, 119:

aevo,

Verg. A. 11, 85:

senectā, Ov M. 6, 37: cum corporis morbo tum animi dolore,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

multis gravibusque vulneribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; Sall. J. 60, 7:

curā,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

dolore,

Cat. 65, 1.—Without abl.:

ut fessos confectosque aggrediantur,

exhausted, Liv. 1, 23, 9; cf.:

confectus et saucius,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 947:

ego te hic hac offatim conficiam,

to cut in pieces, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52:

Athenienses,

to subdue, Nep. Lys. 1, 1; so,

provinciam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111; Liv. 26, 21, 2; 28, 28, 7; 40, 28, 8; 41, 12, 3; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Liv. 27, 5, 3; 40, 35, 4:

duos hostium exercitus,

id. 2, 40, 13:

me (sica illa) paene confecit,

killed, Cic. Mil. 14, 37:

alterum Curiatium,

Liv. 1, 25, 10; cf.

saucium,

id. 42, 16, 1:

Caligulam vulneribus triginta,

Suet. Calig. 58:

maximam vim serpentium (ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101;

so of the killing of animals,

Suet. Claud. 21; id. Dom. 19; Lampr. Com. 13 al.; cf. confector, II.;

and in mal. part.,

Suet. Ner. 29 (v. the passage in its connection).—

Trop.:

conficere aliquem verbis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 49:

(captivos) omnibus notis ignominiisque,

Liv. 22, 61, 9:

lectio non cruda sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

Quint. 10, 1, 19:

sidus confectum,

its influence has ceased, it has set, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207.—

In gen., to prepare, provide, procure, to bring together, = colligo:

virginem, Quam amabat, eam confeci sine molestiā,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.; so,

centurias,

to secure their votes, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18; cf.:

suam tribum necessariis suis,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

hortos mihi,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2:

bibliothecam,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

exercitum difficili rei publicae tempore,

id. Imp. Pomp. 21, 61:

exercitus maximos,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf.:

armata milia centum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

(serpentum) magnam multitudinem (just before, colligere),

Nep. Hann. 10, 5:

erat ei de ratiunculā apud me pauxillulum nummorum, id ut conficerem: confeci,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 4:

permagnam pecuniam ex illā re,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138; cf.:

conficiendae pecuniae rationes,

id. Fl. 9, 20.—Hence, confĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), effecting, causing, producing, efficient (rare, and only in Cic.):

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93: corporis bonorum conficientia (tha tôn agathôn poiêtika), productive of physical good, id. Fin. 5, 27, 81 Madv.:

civitas conficientissima litterarum,

very carefully noting down every thing, id. Fl. 19, 44.