English → Latin
“consummation” in Latin
cōnfectiōmaking, preparing, producing, arranging, composing, completing; that which is made etc.; confectioncōnsummātiōsumming up, summary, conclusion; completion, consummationeffectiōachievement, accomplishment; doing, performingefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, perāctiōcompletion, finishexsecūtiōperformance, execution; indictmentfīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landsexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escapeabsolūtiōan acquittal, absolving; completion, perfection, consummation; completeness; riddance, deliverance, dischargeperfectiōfinishing, completion; perfection
The English word consummation itself goes back to Latin summa, through cōnsummātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
consummation
The completing, confectio: consummatio (post-Augustan): effectio: effectus (the carrying into effect): peractio: exsecutio (execution): finis; exitus (end).
State of completion, absolutio: perfectio. (the words are found in this connection and order), absolutio perfectioque: to bring one’s plans to their consummation, consiliorum suorum exsecutorem esse: the work has not yet been brought to its consummation, operi nondum accessit ultima manus: to bring anything to its consummation, aliquid ad exitum or ad finem adducere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for consummation?
- The usual Latin words for “consummation” are cōnfectiō, cōnsummātiō, effectiō; also efficiō, perāctiō, exsecūtiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.