facetia

Latin

Etymology

From facētus (“witty”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /faˈkeː.ti.a/

Noun

facētia f (genitive facētiae); first declension

1. (usually in the plural) jest, wit, humour

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	facētia	facētiae
genitive	facētiae	facētiārum
dative	facētiae	facētiīs
accusative	facētiam	facētiās
ablative	facētiā	facētiīs
vocative	facētia	facētiae

Related terms

• facētē
• facētior
• facētus

Descendants

• French: facétie
• Portuguese: facécia

References

• facetia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facetia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• facetia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make witty remarks: facetiis uti, facetum esse
    
• facetious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911