facticius

Latin

Alternative forms

• factītius (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

factus +‎ -icius

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fakˈtiː.ki.us/, [fäkˈt̪iːkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fakˈti.t͡ʃi.us/, [fäkˈt̪iːt͡ʃius]

Adjective

factīcius (feminine factīcia, neuter factīcium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Post-Augustan) made by art, artificial, factitious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	factīcius	factīcia	factīcium		factīciī	factīciae	factīcia
Genitive	factīciī	factīciae	factīciī		factīciōrum	factīciārum	factīciōrum
Dative	factīciō		factīciō		factīciīs
Accusative	factīcium	factīciam	factīcium		factīciōs	factīciās	factīcia
Ablative	factīciō	factīciā	factīciō		factīciīs
Vocative	factīcie	factīcia	factīcium		factīciī	factīciae	factīcia

Descendants

• Asturian: fechizu
• English: factitious, fetish (via French)
• French: factice (borrowing), fétiche (via Portuguese)
• Galician: feitizo

• Italian: fatticcio
• Old French: faitis
• Portuguese: feitiço, factício (borrowing)
• Spanish: hechizo, facticio (borrowing)

References

• “facticius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facticius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.