peractio

Latin

Etymology

perāctus, perfect passive participle of peragō (“to pierce; to finish, complete”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈraːk.ti.oː/, [pɛˈräːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈrak.t͡si.o/, [peˈräkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

perāctiō f (genitive perāctiōnis); third declension

1. completion, finish

   perāctiō aetatis ― the last act of life's drama

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perāctiō	perāctiōnēs
Genitive	perāctiōnis	perāctiōnum
Dative	perāctiōnī	perāctiōnibus
Accusative	perāctiōnem	perāctiōnēs
Ablative	perāctiōne	perāctiōnibus
Vocative	perāctiō	perāctiōnēs

References

• “peractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “peractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• peractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.