factio

Latin

Etymology

From faciō (“I make, do”) +‎ -tiō (action noun suffix), with a metaphorical primary meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfak.ti.oː/

Noun

factiō f (genitive factiōnis); third declension

1. a political faction, a group of people acting together
2. a company of charioteers
3. (rare) an act of making or doing; a preparation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	factiō	factiōnēs
genitive	factiōnis	factiōnum
dative	factiōnī	factiōnibus
accusative	factiōnem	factiōnēs
ablative	factiōne	factiōnibus
vocative	factiō	factiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: facció
• English: faction, fashion
• French: façon, faction
• Italian: fazione

• Norman: faichon
• Portuguese: facção, feição
• Spanish: facción

References

• factio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• factio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “factio”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “factio” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a party; faction: factio (of aristocrats)