factio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From faciō (“I make, do”) + -tiō (action noun suffix), with a metaphorical primary meaning.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
factiō f (genitive factiōnis); third declension
- a political faction, a group of people acting together
- a company of charioteers
- (rare) an act of making or doing; a preparation
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | factiō | factiōnēs |
| genitive | factiōnis | factiōnum |
| dative | factiōnī | factiōnibus |
| accusative | factiōnem | factiōnēs |
| ablative | factiōne | factiōnibus |
| vocative | factiō | factiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: facció
- → Czech: fakce
- → Danish: faktion
- → Irish: faicsean
- → Italian: fazione
- → Middle French: faction
- Old French: façon, fechoun
- → Middle Dutch: fatchoen, faetsoen
- Dutch: fatsoen
- → Middle English: facioun
- English: fashion
- → Bengali: ফ্যাশন (pphaśôn)
- Bislama: fasin
- → Burmese: ဖက်ရှင် (hpakhrang)
- → Hindi: फ़ैशन (faiśan)
- → Japanese: ファッション (fasshon)
- → Korean: 패션 (paesyeon)
- → Malay: fesyen
- Indonesian: fesyen
- → Scottish Gaelic: fasan (perhaps)
- → Sotho: feshene
- → Spanish: fashion
- → Thai: แฟชั่น (fɛɛ-chân)
- → Urdu: فیشن (faiśan)
- → Welsh: ffasiwn
- English: fashion
- Middle French: façon
- → Middle Dutch: fatchoen, faetsoen
- Old Portuguese: feiçon, faiçon
- Portuguese: feição
- → Romanian: facțiune
- → Portuguese: facção
- → Spanish: facción
References[edit]
- 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
- factio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- factio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a party; faction: factio (of aristocrats)
- a party; faction: factio (of aristocrats)
