Lemma 1facio, facere, feci, facturus
verb
to make/build/construct/create/cause/do; to have built/made; to fashion; to work (metal)Morphology
perfect indicative active 3rd singularfec + it · regular
Lewis & Short
făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, , : fīo, factus, fĭĕri ( usually fac, but the arch form face is , in Plaut. and Ter., as; futur. facie for faciam, Cato ; dico, , and the letter e; 5, 1, 55 : faxim, Enn. : faxit, Lex Numae in Paul. ex Fest. ALIVTA, p. 6 Müll.; Fragm. XII. Tab. : faxitis, an old form in. — In — : facitur, Nigid. : fitur, Cato : fitum est, Liv. Andron. — : faciatur, Titin. — : fiere, Enn. P. — On the long i of fit, Ritschl, prol. p. 184, and : ut fit in bello) [prob. root bha-; bhasas, light; fax, facetiae, facilis — But Curt. refers facio to root (strengthened THEK), Griech. Etym. p. 64], to make in all senses, to do, perform, accomplish, prepare, produce, bring to pass, cause, effect, create, commit, perpetrate, form, fashion,
With : ut faber, cum quid aedificaturus est, non ipse facit materiam, sed ea utitur, quae sit parata, Quod si non est a deo materia facta, ne terra quidem et aqua et aër et ignis a deo factus est, Cic. N. D. Fragm. (Cic. ed. Bait. 7, p. 121); ludos, to celebrate, exhibit = edere; and 16: exempla = edere or statuere. exercitum, to raise, muster: Weissenb.; ( accipere); : multam alicui, Cato ; perniciem alicui, to cause, = parare: risum, Cael. : viam sibi.
With ut, ne, quin, or the simple ; for which, with quin. — In : potest fieri, ut iratus dixerit, , Crass. ; with ut non, (Zumpt, Gram. § 539).
With = efficere, curare, to cause (rare); Sall. Fragm. : (perh. also in, instead of favet, Loers. ad h. l.; , B. 4.).
; so, ( Munro ad loc.); 1153: vereor ne a te rursus dissentiam. M. Non facies, Quinte; ( the use of facio, as neutr., to resume or recall the meaning of another verb, II. E. ; between that use and this no line can be drawn).
With a double object, to make a thing into something, to render it something: — In
to value, esteem, regard a person or thing in any manner (like the make, in the phrase to make much of). — with pretii: si illi aliter nos faciant quam aequum sit.
With , to make a thing the property of a person, subject it to him: omnia, quae mulieris fuerunt, viri fiunt. — : facere aliquid dicionis alicujus, to reduce to subjection under a person or power; ut munus imperii beneficii sui faceret, to make it (seem) his own bounty.
To represent a thing in any manner, to feign, assert, say. — Constr. with and or , or with and
and ; al.
In double construction.
To make believe, to pretend.
Hypothetically in the fac, suppose, assume.
In mercant. lang., to practise, exercise, follow any trade or profession, §, § 155.
In relig. lang., like the , to perform or celebrate a religious rite; to offer sacrifice, make an offering, to sacrifice. — — With —
In gram., to make, form in inflecting.
In late , (se) facere aliquo, to betake one's self to any place.
Peculiar phrases.
Quid faciam (facias, fiet, ), with , , or (rare) with de, what is to be done with a person or thing? quid hoc homine facias?; quid faceret huic conclusioni, how should he refute, : quid fecisti scipione? what have you done with the stick? or, what has become of it? — In : de fratre quid fiet?. —
Fit, factum est aliquo or aliqua re, it happens to, becomes of a person or thing. — Hence.
, si quid factum sit aliquo, if any thing should happen to one ( si quid acciderit humanitus), euphemistically for if one should die.
Ut fit, as it usually happens, as is commonly the case.
Fiat, an expression of assent, so be it! very good! fiat, geratur mos tibi.
Dictum ac factum, no sooner said than done, without delay, at once; dictum under dico, A. d.
In certain phrases the ellipsis of facere is common, finem facere — With nihil aliud quam, quid alium quam, nihil praeterquam, which often = an emphatic only (but not in Cic.). — with nihil amplius quam, nihil prius quam, nihil minus quam.
Neutr.
With adverbs, to do, deal, or act in any manner; bene facere, to profit, benefit ( male facere, to hurt, injure); also under benefacio and benefactum.
Facere cum or ab aliquo, to take part with one, to side with one; and contra (or adversus) aliquem, to take part against one.
In late facere cum aliqua = vivere cum aliqua, to live in matrimony, to be married.
Ad aliquid, alicui, or , to be good or of use for any thing; to be useful, of service; with ; with a subject-clause: plurimum facit, totas diligenter nosse causas: ad aliquid or alicui signifies also to suit, fit.
Like the or, and the to do, instead of another verb (also for esse and pati)
Facere omitted, especially in short sentences expressing a judgment upon conduct, — Hence.
factus, a, um, P. a.
As adjective and very rare; Lorenz ad loc. — Far more
In the neutr. as : factum, i ( factūm, Enn. Trag. 81), that which is done, a deed, act, exploit, achievement (: res gestae, facinus).
: meum factum probari abs te triumpho gaudio, Caes. ; but also with the ; : non hominum video. non ego facta boum, doings, works.
, bonum factum, like the , a good deed, well done, fortunate ( and ) — At the commencement of edicts. — But in the per. factum in this sense is a participle, and is construed with an
facteon, a word jestingly formed by Cicero, after the analogy of the Greek, for faciendum: quare, ut opinor, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, Orell. N. cr. (for facteon, Ernesti has ).