factum
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin factum. See fact.
Noun
factum (plural facta or factums)
- (law) Somebody's own act and deed.
- (engineering) The product, in multiplication.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “factum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Etymology
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Neuter perfect passive participle of faciō; neuter perfect active participle of fieri.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfak.tum/, [ˈfäkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfak.tum/, [ˈfäkt̪um]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Noun
factum n (genitive factī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | factum | facta |
Genitive | factī | factōrum |
Dative | factō | factīs |
Accusative | factum | facta |
Ablative | factō | factīs |
Vocative | factum | facta |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: faptu
- Asturian: fechu
- Catalan: fet
- Danish: faktum (borrowing)
- Dutch: feit (borrowing)
- English: (borrowing) fact, factum, feat (via Old French)
- Finnish fakta (borrowing)
- French: fait
Verb
(deprecated template usage) factum
Participle
(deprecated template usage) factum
- nominative neuter singular of factus
- accusative masculine singular of factus
- accusative neuter singular of factus
- vocative neuter singular of factus
References
- “factum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “factum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- factum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- factum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
- (ambiguous) he feels better: melius ei factum est
- (ambiguous) to be born for a thing, endowed by nature for it: natum, factum esse ad aliquid (faciendum)
- (ambiguous) to pass from myth to history: ut a fabulis ad facta veniamus
- (ambiguous) a work of art: artis opus; opus arte factum or perfectum
- (ambiguous) a master-piece of classical work: opus summo artificio[TR1] factum
- (ambiguous) to be a born orator: natum, factum esse ad dicendum
- (ambiguous) to make virtue the standard in every thought and act: omnia consilia et facta ad virtutem referre (Phil. 10. 10. 20)
- (ambiguous) a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
- (ambiguous) to congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience: conscientia recte factorum erigi
- (ambiguous) thought and deed: consilia et facta (cf. sect. X. 1, note For 'thoughts and deeds'...)
- (ambiguous) silver plate: argentum (factum) (Verr. 5. 25. 63)
- (ambiguous) the rate of interest has gone up from 4 per cent to 8 per cent: fenus ex triente Id. Quint. factum erat bessibus (Att. 4. 15. 7)
- (ambiguous) to advance to the walls protected by a covering of shields: testudine facta moenia subire (B. G. 2. 6)
- (ambiguous) after capitulation: deditione facta (Sall. Iug. 26)
- (ambiguous) there was great slaughter of fugitives: magna caedes hostium fugientium facta est
- (ambiguous) Asia was made subject to Rome: Asia populi Romani facta est
- (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
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