facio

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“‘to put, place, set’”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τίθημι (tithēmi), Sanskrit दधाति (dádhāti), Old English dōn (English do).

[edit] Verb

present active faciō, present infinitive facere, perfect active fēcī, supine factum. (irregular passive voice)

  1. I do; I make.
    Quid ego feci?
    What have I done?
    Latrocinium modo factum est. (special usage; passive perfect = took place)
    A robbery just took place.
    • Catiline Orations by Cicero (Latin text and English translations may be found here)
      Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.
      As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, yet shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

[edit] Inflection

  • The verb has an irregular conjugation as for the passive voice.
    Third Conjugation faciō-variation
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present faciō facis facit facimus facitis faciunt
future faciam faciēs faciet faciēmus faciētis facient
imperfect faciēbam faciēbās faciēbat faciēbāmus faciēbātis faciēbant
perfect fēcī fēcistī fēcit fēcimus fēcistis fēcērunt
pluperfect fēceram fēcerās fēcerat fēcerāmus fēcerātis fēcerant
future perfect fēcerō fēceris fēcerit fēcerimus fēceritis fēcerint
passive present fīō fīs fit fīmus fītis fīunt
future fīam fīēs fīet fīēmus fīētis fīent
imperfect fīēbam fīēbās fīēbat fīēbāmus fīēbātis fīebant
perfect Use factus m., facta f., factum n. followed by the present indicative of sum.
pluperfect Use factus m., facta f., factum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
future perfect Use factus m., facta f., factum n. followed by the future indicative of sum.
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present faciam faciās faciat faciāmus faciātis faciant
imperfect facerem facerēs faceret facerēmus facerētis facerent
perfect fēcerim fēcerīs fēcerit fēcerīmus fēcerītis fēcerint
pluperfect fēcissem fēcissēs fēcisset fēcissēmus fēcissētis fēcissent
passive present fīam fīās fīat fīāmus fīātis fīant
imperfect fierem fierēs fieret fierēmus fierētis fierent
perfect Use factus m., facta f., factum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
pluperfect Use factus m., facta f., factum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular fac facitō facitō fī fītō fītō
plural facite facitōte faciuntō fīte fītōte —
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives facere fēcisse factūrus esse fierī factus esse factum īrī
participles faciēns (facientis) — factūrus -ra, -rum — factus -a, -um —
  • The singular imperative, face, was later shortened to fac.

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[edit] References

Wheelock's Latin, Wheelock, F.M. (6th ed., 2005). (Cited for abbreviation of singular imperative form; p. 51.) HarperCollins, N.Y.

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