facinus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fakinos. Related to faciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ki.nus/, [ˈfäkɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈfäːt͡ʃinus]

Noun

facinus n (genitive facinoris); third declension

1. deed, action, doing

   Synonyms: factum, rēs, gestum, āctiō, āctus

2. (by extension) adventure, venture, undertaking

   Synonyms: commissum, coeptum, inceptum

3. (especially) crime, wickedness, evil deed

   Synonyms: dēlictum, peccātum, scelus, vitium, noxa, crīmen, culpa, iniūria, dēlinquentia, flāgitium, malum, commissum, maleficium

   Antonyms: bonum, rēctum, virtūs

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	facinus	facinora
Genitive	facinoris	facinorum
Dative	facinorī	facinoribus
Accusative	facinus	facinora
Ablative	facinore	facinoribus
Vocative	facinus	facinora

Derived terms

• facinerōsus / facinorōsus

Descendants

• → Portuguese: facínora

References

• “facinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “facinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• facinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118)
    
  • to do a criminal deed: facinus facere, committere
    
  • to commit some blameworthy action: facinus, culpam in se admittere