factus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin factus

Perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).

Participle

factus (feminine facta, neuter factum); first/second-declension participle

1. done, made, having been done or made

   Synonyms: absolutus, complētus, perfectus, dēfūnctus, effectus

   Antonyms: incohatus, infectus, imperfectus

2. became

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	factus	facta	factum		factī	factae	facta
Genitive	factī	factae	factī		factōrum	factārum	factōrum
Dative	factō		factō		factīs
Accusative	factum	factam	factum		factōs	factās	facta
Ablative	factō	factā	factō		factīs
Vocative	facte	facta	factum		factī	factae	facta

Derived terms

• factiō
• factor
• factūra

Descendants

• Old Lombard: feit, feg, fag
  • Lombard: fait
• Old Ligurian: faito
  • Ligurian: fæto
• Aragonese: feito
• Aromanian: faptu
• Asturian: fechu
• Catalan: fet
• French: fait
• Friulian: fat
• Galician: feito
• Istriot: fato
• Italian: fatto
• Occitan: fach
• Portuguese: feito
• Romansch: fatg, fat
• Sardinian: fattu, fatu
• Sicilian: fattu
• Spanish: hecho, facto
• Venetan: fato

Noun

factus m (genitive factūs); fourth declension

1. A making

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	factus	factūs
Genitive	factūs	factuum
Dative	factuī	factibus
Accusative	factum	factūs
Ablative	factū	factibus
Vocative	factus	factūs

References

• “factus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “factus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• factus 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)
• factus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • having reached man's estate: grandior factus
    
  • (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