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făcĭes, ēi (old form facies, rarely facii, Gell. 8, 14, 1: facie, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 36; dat. facie, facii, Gell. l. l.; plur. very rare; nom. and acc. facies, Vulg. Thren. 5, 12; id. Jer. 42, 12; dat. faciebus, Hier. Eph. 3, 5), f. [root fa- of fari, strengthened fac-; cf. fax, facetus].

  1. I. Orig., make, form, configuration, figure, shape.
    1. A. In gen. (= universa corporis forma; cf.: figura, species): Quidam faciem esse hominis putant os tantum et oculos et genas, quod Graeci προσωπον dicunt: quando facies sit forma omnis et modus et factura quaedam corporis totius, etc., Gell. 13, 29: Sardinia in Africo mari facie vestigii humani, Sall. H. ap. Gell. l. l.; Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 151 sq.; cf. Non. 52, 27 sq.: non est formosa, cujus crus laudatur aut brachium, sed illa, cujus universa facies admirationem singulis partibus abstulit, Sen. Ep. 33; cf. Lucr. 5, 1169 sq.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 87.
      1. 2. Of things: Dae. Dicito, quid insit, et qua facie, memorato onmia … Pa. Sunt crepundia. Dae. Qua facie sunt? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 105 and 111: curvata in montis faciem circumstetit unda, Verg. G. 4, 361: haec facies Trojae, cum caperetur, erat, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 26; cf. urbium, Plin. Ep. 2, 17 fin.: antequam Vesuvius faciem loci verteret, Tac. A. 4, 67: arboris, Plin. 12, 14, 31, § 55: vehiculi, Gell. 15, 30, 3: alia illi caeli, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 58: ossa contusa in faciem pulveris, Gell. 10, 18, 3: longa quibus facies ovis erit, Hor. S. 2, 4, 12 et saep.
      2. 3. Prov.: verte omnes tete in facies, i. e. resort to every expedient (an expression borrowed from, and alluding to, the changes of Proteus), Verg. A. 12, 891.
    2. B. In partic., face, visage, countenance (most freq. in class. Lat.; syn.: os, vultus, frons, lineamenta): facies homini tantum: ceteris os aut rostra, Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138: in facie vultuque nostro cum sint decem aut paulo plura membra, etc., id. 7, 1, 1, § 8: non quaeruntur ea, quae nobis non possumus fingere, facies, vultus, sonus, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127: prorsus in facie vultuque vecordia inerat, Sall. C. 15, 5: qua facie, qua statura, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41: uretur facies; urentur sole capilli, Tib. 1, 9, 15: cf. id. 1, 5, 43: sumit utrumque Inde habitum facies, Juv. 9, 20: peregrina, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 9; cf.: affers faciem novam, Cic. Fl. 29, 70: liberali (homo), Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 20: egregiā (virgo), of rare beauty, id. Phorm. 1, 2, 50: hispida, Hor. C. 4, 10, 5: cicatricosa, Quint. 4, 1, 61: adversa, id. 2, 13, 9: curvo nec faciem litore demovet, Hor. C. 4, 5, 14: de facie quidem nosti, Cic. Pis. 32, 81: recta facie loqui, i. e. boldly, Juv. 6, 401 et saep.
      Poet.: cura dabit faciem, facies neglecta peribit, a beautiful face, beauty, Ov. A. A. 3, 105.
      Prov.: perfricare faciem, to lay aside shame, Plin. H. N. praef. § 4; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 160.
  2. II. Trop., external form, look, condition, appearance (class.): set qua faciest tuus sodalis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 113; id. Rud. 2, 7, 7: fateantur, in Maeandrii persona esse expressam faciem civitatis, Cic. Fl. 22, 13; cf.: (C. Popilius) senatus faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque Populi Romani, id. Phil. 8, 8, 23: una senum facies, cum voce trementia membra, etc., Juv. 10, 198: quibus rebus immutata facies urbis erat, Sall. C. 31, 1: loci, Tac. A. 4, 67: formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides, Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14; Quint. 3, 6, 88; 4, 1, 42 Spald.: quarum (causarum) varia ac nova semper est facies, id. 2, 4, 28: plures eloquentiae facies, id. 12, 10, 69: (inventiunculae) facie ingenii blandiuntur, id. 8, 5, 22: nec ulla facies mali erat, Curt. 3, 11, 22: ad istam faciem est morbus qui me macerat, has that form, is of such a nature, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 73.
      1. 2. In partic., in Tac. for the class. species, external appearance, as opposed to reality, a pretence, pretext; publici consilii facie (= specie), Tac. H. 2, 54; id. A. 13, 28; Amm. 20, 5.
    1. B. Transf., poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for the class. aspectus, look, sight, aspect: quae scelerum facies? Verg. A. 6, 560: subita, Sil. 7, 367: decora, Plin. Pan. 56, 5: memoranda, id. ib. 35, 1: foeda, id. ib. 82, 8: vineae unam faciem contexunt, id. Ep. 5, 6, 9: exceptio, quae prima facie justa videatur, at first sight, Gai. Inst. 4, 1: prima facie, Dig. 16, 1, 13; Sen. Ep. 87, 1; id. Contr. 5, 10, 15.

făcĭlĕ, adv., easily, unquestionably, readily, etc., v. facilis fin.

făcĭlis, e, adj. (archaic forms nom. sing. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. facul, like difficul, simul; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [facio, properly, that may be done or made; hence, pregn.], easy to do, easy, without difficulty.

  1. I. In gen.
    1. A. Prop., constr. absol., with ad (and the gerund), the supine, inf., ut, and the dat.
          1. (α) Absol.: nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.: facilis et plana via (opp. difficilis), Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20: quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat, Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf. also: mihi in causa facili atque explicata perdifficilis et lubrica defensionis ratio proponitur, Cic. Planc. 2, 5: justa res et facilis, Plaut. Am. prol. 33: facilis et prompta defensio, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.: facilis et expedita distinctio, id. Fin. 1, 10, 33: facilia, proclivia, jucunda, id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.: proclivi cursu et facili delabi, id. Rep. 1, 28: ascensus, Caes. B. G. 1, 21: aditus, id. ib. 3, 25 fin.; descensus Averno, Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.: celerem et facilem exitum habere, Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.: lutum, easy to work, Tib. 1, 1, 40: fagus, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229: humus, easy to cultivate, mellow, Curt. 4, 6, 5: arcus, Val. Fl. 1, 109: jugum, easy to climb, Prop. 4(5), 10, 4: somnus, easy to obtain, Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4: irae, easily excited, Luc. 1, 173: saevitia, easily overcome, Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.: aurae, gentle, Ov. H. 16, 123: jactura, easily borne, Verg. A. 2, 646: cera, easily shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169: victus, copious, Verg. G. 2, 460.
            Comp.: iter multo facilius atque expeditius, Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2: cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse quam Scipioni? Cic. Lael. 4, 14: faciliore et commodiore judicio, id. Caecin. 3, 8.
            Sup.: quod est facillimum, facis, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3: concordia, id. ib. 1, 32: hujus summae virtutis facillima est via, Quint. 8, 3, 71: in quibus (ceris) facillima est ratio delendi, id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.
          2. (β) With ad and the gerund: nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190: ad subigendum, id. Rep. 2, 41: ad credendum, id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78: palmae ad scandendum, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.
            Comp.: faciliora ad intelligendum, Quint. 2, 3, 8.
            Sup.: haec ad judicandum sunt facillima, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.
          3. (γ) With ad and subst.: faciles ad receptum angustiae, Liv. 32, 12, 3: mens ad pejora, Quint. 1, 2, 4: credulitas feminarum ad gaudia, Tac. A. 14, 4.
            Comp.: mediocritas praeceptoris ad intellectum atque imitationem facilior, Quint. 2, 3, 1.
          4. (δ) With supine: facile inventust, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53: res factu facilis, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26: cuivis facile scitu est, id. Hec. 3, 1, 15: facilis victu gens, abounding in resources, Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.: (Cyclops) nec visu facilis nec dictu affabilis ulli, id. ib. 3, 621; cf.: sapiens facilis victu fuit, Sen. Ep. 90, 11.
            Comp.: nihil est dictu facilius, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.
            Sup.: factu facillimum, Sall. C. 14, 1.
            (ε) With inf.: materia facilis est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere, Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42: facilis vincere ac vinci vultu eodem, Liv. 7, 33, 2: facilis corrumpi, Tac. H. 4, 39: Roma capi facilis, Luc. 2, 656.
            So esp. freq. in the neuter, facile est, with a subject-clause: id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8: quod illis prohibere erat facile, Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2: neque erat facile nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire, id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20: nec origines persequi facile est, Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46: quīs facile est aedem conducere, Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.
            Comp.: plerumque facilius est plus facere quam idem, Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.
            Sup.: stulta reprehendere facillimum est, Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.
            (ζ) With ut: facilius est, ut esse aliquis successor tuus possit, quam ut velit, Plin. Pan. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. with quod: facile est quod habeant conservam in villa, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.
            (η) With dat.: terra facilis pecori, i.e. suitable, proper, Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.: campus operi, Liv. 33, 17, 8: facilis divisui (Macedonia), id. 45, 30, 2: neque Thraces commercio faciles erant, Liv. 40, 58, 1: homines bello faciles, Tac. Agr. 21: juvenis inanibus, easily susceptible, open to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.: facilis capessendis inimicitiis, id. ib. 5, 11.
            (θ) With gen. (poet.): Hispania frugum facilis, fertile in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.
        1. b. Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and rarely, de facili, easily: cum exitus haud in facili essent, not easy, Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.: in facili, Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8: ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur, easily, Cels. 7, 9 med.: ex facili tolerantibus, Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60; for which: e facili, Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.
    2. B. Transf.
        1. a. Of persons that do any thing with facility, ready, quick.
          Constr. with ad, in, and simple abl.: facilis et expeditus ad dicendum, Cic. Brut. 48, 180: sermone Graeco promptus et facilis, Suet. Tib. 71; cf.: promptus et facillis ad extemporalitatem usque, id. Tit. 3: faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti, Quint. 1, 1, 1: exiguo faciles, content, Sil. 1, 615.
        2. b. Of things, easily moving: oculi, Verg. A. 8, 310: manus, Ov. F. 3, 536: cervix, Mart. Spect. 23: canes, i. e. agiles, Nemes. Cyneg. 50.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. Of character, easy, good-natured, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable: facilis benevolusque, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35: comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur, Cic. Balb. 16, 36: facilis et liberalis pater, id. N. D. 3, 29, 73: lenis et facilis, id. Fam. 5, 2, 9: facilis et clemens, Suet. Aug. 67: facilem populum habere, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4: facilem stillare in aurem, Juv. 3, 122: di, id. 10, 8.
      With in and abl.: facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.: facilis in causis recipiendis, id. Brut. 57, 207: faciles in suum cuique tribuendo, id. ib. 21, 85: faciles ad concedendum, id. Div. 2, 52, 107.
      With in and acc.: sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos, Ov. H. 16, 282.
      With inf.: faciles aurem praebere, Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.): O faciles dare summa deos, Luc. 1, 505.
      With gen.: facilis impetrandae veniae, Liv. 26, 15, 1: alloquii facilis (al. alloquiis), Val. Fl. 5, 407.
      Absol.: comi facilique naturā, Suet. Gramm. 7: facili ac prodigo animo, id. Vit. 7.
      Comp.: facilior aut indulgentior, Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.
      Sup.: quid dicam de moribus facillimis, Cic. Lael. 3, 11.
    2. B. Of fortune, favorable, prosperous: res et fortunae tuae … quotidie faciliores mihi et meliores videntur, Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.
      Adv. in four forms: facile, facul, faculter, and faciliter.
      1. 1. făcĭlĕ (the class. form).
          1. (α) easily, without trouble or difficulty: facile cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: quis haec non vel facile vel certe aliquo modo posset ediscere? Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232: vitia in contraria convertuntur, id. Rep. 1, 45.
            Comp.: cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.: quo facilius otio perfruantur, id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.
            Sup.: ut optimi cujusque animus in morte facillime evolet tamquam e custodia, Cic. Lael. 4, 14: facillime fingi, id. Cael. 9, 22: facillime decidit, id. Rep. 2, 23: mederi inopiae frumentariae, Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.
          2. (β) To add intensity to an expression which already signifies a high degree, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far (often in Cic.; elsewh. rare): virum unum totius Graeciae facile doctissimum, Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23: facile deterrimus, id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81: genere et nobilitate et pecunia facile primus, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.: virtute, existimatione, nobilitate facile princeps, id. Clu. 5, 11: facile princeps, id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1: facile praecipuus, Quint. 10, 1, 68: facile hic plus mali est, quam illic boni, Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin’ fidicinam? Fi. Tam facile quam me, as well as I do myself, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.
            With verbs that denote superiority (vincere, superare, etc.): post illum (Herodotum) Thucydides omnes dicendi artificio, mea sententia, facile vicit, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf. also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant, id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150: Sisenna omnes adhuc nostros scriptores facile superavit, id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43: facile palmam habes! Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.
            In naming a large amount, quite, fully: huic hereditas facile ad HS. tricies venit testamento propinqui sui, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.
          3. (γ) With a negative, non facile or haud facile, to add intensity, not easily, i.e. hardly: mira accuratio, ut non facile in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim, Cic. Brut. 67, 238: sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc., id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.: de iis haud facile compertum narraverim, Sall. J. 17, 2: animus imbutus malis artibus haud facile libidinibus carebat, id. C. 13, 5.
        1. b. Readily, willingly, without hesitation: facile omnes perferre ac pati, Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.: te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito facile patiebar, Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81: disertus homo et facile laborans, id. Off. 2, 19, 66: ego unguibus facile illi in oculos involem, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.
          Comp.: locum habeo nullum, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae, Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.
        2. c. (Acc. to facilis, II. B.) Pleasantly, agreeably, well: propter eas (nugas) vivo facilius, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6: cum animo cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56: facillime agitare, Suet. Vit. Ter. 1: ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, not safely, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.
      2. 2. făcul (anteclass.), easily: nobilitate facul propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21: haud facul, ut ait Pacuvius, femina una invenietur bona, Afran. ib. 22: advorsam ferre fortunam facul, Att. ib. 24.
      3. 3. ‡ fă-culter, acc. to the statement of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.
      4. 4. făcĭlĭter (post-Aug.; predominating in Vitruvius; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), easily: ferrum percalefactum faciliter fabricatur, Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.

făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing.

  1. I. In gen. (mostly post-Aug.): haec in bonis rebus, quod alii ad alia bona sunt aptiores, facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas, inclination, disposition, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28; cf.: aetatis illius (i. e. puerilis) facilitas, capability, Quint. 1, 12, 11: audendi facilitas, id. 12, 6, 7: pariendi, Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167: oris, i. e. easy enunciation, Quint. 10, 7, 26: corporis, a tendency to blush, Sen. Ep. 11: soli, facility in working, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178: picea tonsili facilitate, id. 16, 10, 18, § 40: (smaragdi) ad crassitudinem sui facilitate translucida, i. e. facility in transmitting the rays of light, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. Of speech, facility or fluency of expression (post-Aug.): Fabianus disputabat expedite magis quam concitate, ut possis dicere, facilitatem esse illam, non celeritatem, Sen. Ep. 40: quae in oratore maxima sunt, ingenium, inventio, vis, facilitas, Quint. 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 1; 10, 7, 20; 11, 1, 42; Suet. Gramm. 23 al.; cf. Quint. 10, cap. 7.
    2. B. (Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character.
      1. 1. In a good sense, willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability (freq. in Cic.; syn.: lenitas, humanitas): male docet te mea facilitas multa, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 35: si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris, Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66: pro tua facilitate et humanitate, id. Fam. 13, 24, 2: facilitas in audiendo, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21; cf.: facilitas et lenitudo animi, id. Off. 1, 25, 88 Orell. N. cr.: facilitas indulgentiaque, Suet. Caes. 72: facilitate par infimis esse, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41: sermonis, id. Att. 12, 40, 2: magis id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit, id. de Or. 2, 4, 15: actio facilitatem significans, id. ib. 2, 43, 184.
      2. 2. In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.: fornicationis, Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.

făcĭlĭter, adv., easily, v. facilis fin. 4.

făcĭnŏrōsus (facinĕrosus), a, um, adj. [facinus], criminal, villainous, atrocious, vicious (rare but class.): quintum genus est parricidarum, sicariorum, denique omnium facinorosorum, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22; id. Cael. 6, 13; id. de Or. 2, 58, 237; id. Rep. 3, 17: injuriosa facinorosaque vita, id. Leg. 1, 14, 40: impius et facinorosus animus, Just. 24, 2, 1.
Comp.: facinorosior, id. 16, 4.
Sup.: facinorosissimi sicarii, Cic. Sest. 38, 81; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 34.
Adv.: făcĭ-nŏrōse, viciously, scandalously, August. Inn. 76, 1; id. cont. Sec. Resp. Jul. 5, 64.

făcĭnus, ŏris, n. [facio], a deed, act, action (class., most freq. in the special signif.).

  1. I. In gen. (syn.: factum, res gestae): Atridae duo fratres cluent fecisse facinus maximum, Cum Priami patriam Pergamum … subegerunt, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; 4, 4, 2; id. Trin. 1, 1, 2: tuum nefarium facinus pejore facinore operire, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 24, 12: nefario facinore admisso, Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8: magnum et memorabile, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 73: praeclarissimum, Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68: hic pulcherrimum facinus adivi, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 30: pulcherrimum, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19: rectissimum, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17 fin.: quantum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 2: rarum, Tac. A. 3, 21: suasit amor facinus, Ov. M. 8, 90 al.
    In plur.: inaudita et singularia facinora sceleris, audaciae, perfidiae, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 189: mirabilia facinora, id. Phil. 2, 42, 109: ingenii egregia facinora, Sall. J. 2, 2.
    1. B. Transf. in Plautus for thing: nimis mirum est facinus, quomodo haec hinc potuerit transire! Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 24: quod facinus video? etc., id. Rud. 1, 2, 73.
  2. II. In partic., a bad deed, misdeed, outrage, villainy, crime (syn.: culpa, peccatum, delictum, flagitium, scelus, crimen, etc.): facinus est vincire civem Romanum, scelus verberare, prope parricidium necare: quid dicam in crucem tollere? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170; cf.: scelus et facinus, id. Mil. 16, 43: ad vim, facinus caedemque delecti, id. Agr. 2, 28, 77: nec in facinore, nec in libidine, id. Mil. 27, 73: nihil facinoris, nihil flagitii praetermittere, Liv. 39, 13, 10: ne facinus facere, Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95: jacere humi ad facinus obeundum, id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: committere, id. Fam. 3, 10, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 4: in se admittere, id. B. G. 3, 9, 3; cf. id. ib. 6, 13, 5: patrare, Sall. C. 18, 8: ad omne facinus impellere aliquem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 424, 31 (Rep. 6, 1 ed. Mos.): crimen facinusque libidinis, Juv. 6, 294: transi gymnasia atque audi facinus majoris abollae, i. e. of a teacher, id. 3, 115 al.
    Esp. in exclamations: O facinus indignum, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 15; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19: O indignum facinus, id. Eun. 1, 1, 25; cf. Quint. 5, 12, 12; Cic. Att. 2, 13 init.
    In plur.: furiae vindices facinorum et sceleris, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 66: homo flagitiis atque facinoribus coopertus, Sall. C. 23, 1: talia facinora impune suscepisse, id. J. 31, 9.
    1. B. Transf., concr. (poet.), an instrument of villainy, said of the poisoned cup: facinusque excussit ab ore, Ov. M. 7, 423.

făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. and n.; in pass.: fīo, factus, fĭĕri (imper. usually fac, but the arch form face is freq., esp. in Plaut. and Ter., as Plaut. As. prol. 4; 1, 1, 77; id. Aul. 2, 1, 30; id. Cist. 2, 1, 28; id. Ep. 1, 1, 37; 2, 2, 117; id. Most. 3, 2, 167 et saep.; Ter. And. 4, 1, 57; 4, 2, 29; 5, 1, 2; 14; id. Eun. 1, 2, 10 al.; Cato, R. R. 23, 1; 26; 32 al.; Cat. 63, 78; 79; 82; Ov. Med. fac. 60; Val. Fl. 7, 179 al.; futur. facie for faciam, Cato ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. dico, init., and the letter e: faxo, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 199; 2, 1, 42; 3, 3, 17; 3, 4, 14; 5, 1, 55 et saep.; Ter. And. 5, 2, 13; id. Eun. 2, 2, 54; 4, 3, 21 al.; Verg. A. 9, 154; 12, 316; Ov. M. 3, 271; 12, 594: faxim, Enn. ap. Non. 507, 23; Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 13; id. Aul. 3, 2, 6; 3, 5, 20 al.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13: faxis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Sil. 15, 362: faxit, Lex Numae in Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ALIVTA, p. 6 Müll.; Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 90; 3, 5, 54; id. Cas. 3, 5, 6 al.; Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21: faximus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 40: faxitis, an old form in Liv. 23, 11, 2; 25, 12, 10; 29, 27, 3: faxint, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 85; id. Aul. 2, 1, 27; 2, 2, 79 al.; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 109; id. Hec. 1, 2, 27; 3, 2, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81; id. Fam. 14, 3, 3.
In pass. imper.: fi, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 87; Hor. S. 2, 5, 38; Pers. 1, 1, 39: fite, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 89 al.
Indic.: facitur, Nigid. ap. Non. 507, 15: fitur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 789: fiebantur, id. ib.: fitum est, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 475, 16.
Subj.: faciatur, Titin. ib.
Inf.: fiere, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.; Ann. v. 15, ed. Vahl.; Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.
On the long i of fit, v. Ritschl, prol. p. 184, and cf. Plaut. Capt. prol. 25: ut fit in bello) [prob. root bha-; Sanscr. bhasas, light; Gr. φα-, in φαίνω, φημί; cf. fax, facetiae, facilis, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 423.
But Curt. refers facio to root θε- (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, etc. (cf. in gen.: ago, factito, reddo, operor, tracto): verbum facere omnem omnino faciendi causam complectitur, donandi, solvendi, judicandi, ambulandi, numerandi, Dig. 50, 16, 218.

  1. I. Act.
    1. A. In gen.
          1. (α) With acc.: ut faber, cum quid aedificaturus est, non ipse facit materiam, sed ea utitur, quae sit parata, etc. … 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. ap. Lact. 2, 8 (Cic. ed. Bait. 7, p. 121): sphaera ab Archimede facta, Cic. Rep. 1, 14: fecitque idem et sepsit de manubiis comitium et curiam, id. ib. 2, 17: aedem, id. ib. 2, 20: pontem in Arari faciundum curat, Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 1: castra, id. ib. 1, 48, 2; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4: faber vasculum fecit, Quint. 7, 10, 9: classem, Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 4: cenas et facere et obire, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6: ignem lignis viridibus, id. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45: poëma, to compose, id. Pis. 29, 70: carmina, Juv. 7, 28: versus, id. 7, 38: sermonem, Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1; cf. litteram, id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: ludos, to celebrate, exhibit = edere, id. Rep. 2, 20; id. Att. 15, 10; also i. q. ludificari, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 47: sementes, i. e. to sow, Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 1: messem, Col. 2, 10, 28: pecuniam, to make, acquire, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17: manum (with parare copias), to collect, prepare, id. Caecin. 12, 33; so, cohortes, Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 4: exercitum, Vell. 2, 109, 2; and: auxilia mercede, Tac. A. 6, 33: iter, Cic. Att. 3, 1; id. Planc. 26, 65; id. Div. 1, 33, 73 et saep.; cf. also the phrases: aditum sibi ad aures, Quint. 4, 1, 46: admirationem alicujus rei alicui, to excite, Liv. 25, 11, 18; Sen. Ep. 115: aes alienum, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 4; Liv. 2, 23, 5; Sen. Ep. 119, 1: alienationem disjunctionemque, Cic. Lael. 21, 76: animum alicui, Liv. 25, 11, 10: arbitrium de aliquo, to decide, Hor. C. 4, 7, 21; opp. arbitrium alicui in aliqua re, i. e. to leave the decision to one, Liv. 43, 15, 5: audaciam hosti, id. 29, 34, 10: audientiam orationi, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42: auspicium alicui, Liv. 1, 34, 9; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 86: auctoritatem, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 43: bellum, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2: multa bona alicui, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 46: castra, to pitch, Tac. H. 5, 1: caulem, to form, Col. Arb. 54: clamores, to make, raise, Cic. Brut. 95, 326: cognomen alicui, to give, Liv. 1, 3, 9: commercium sermonis, id. 5, 15, 5: concitationes, Caes. B. C. 3, 106 fin.: conjurationes, to form, id. B. G. 4, 30 fin.: consuetudinem alicui cum altero, Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1: consilia alicui, Liv. 35, 42, 8: contentionem cum aliquo, Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: controversiam, to occasion, id. Or. 34, 121: convicium magnum alicui, id. Fam. 10, 16, 1: copiam pugnandi militibus, Liv. 7, 13, 10: corpus, to grow fat, corpulent, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 7, 5: curam, Tac. A. 3, 52: damnum, to suffer, Cic. Brut. 33, 125: detrimentum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20: desiderium alicujus, rei alicui, Liv. 3, 34, 7; 7, 24, 10: dicta, Ov. F. 2, 375; 3, 515: difficultatem, Quint. 10, 3, 10 and 16: discordiam, to cause, Tac. H. 3, 48: discrimen, Quint. 7, 2, 14; 11, 1, 43: disjunctionem (with alienationem), Cic. Lael. 21, 76: dolorem alicui, id. Att. 11, 8, 2: dulcedinem, Sen. Ep. 111: eloquentiam alicui (ira), Quint. 6, 2, 26: epigramma, to write, Cic. Arch. 10, 25: errorem, Sen. Ep. 67: eruptiones ex oppido, Caes. B. C. 2, 2, 5: exemplum, Quint. 5, 2, 2: exempla = edere or statuere, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 66. exercitum, to raise, muster, Tac. A. 6, 33: exspectationem, Quint. 9, 2, 23: facinus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95; Tac. A. 12, 31: facultatem recte judicandi alicui, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 179: fallaciam, Ter. And. 1, 8, 7: famam ingenii, Quint. 11, 2, 46: fastidium, Liv. 3, 1, 7: favorem alicui, id. 42, 14, 10; Quint. 4, 1, 33: fidem alicui, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4; id. Att. 7, 8, 1; Quint. 6, 2, 18: finem, Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; id. Rep. 2, 44: formidinem, to excite, Tac. H. 3, 10: fortunam magnam (with parare), Liv. 24, 22, 9: fraudem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9; Cic. Att. 4, 12: fugam fecerunt, stronger than fugerunt, Liv. 8, 9, 12 Weissenb.; Sall. J. 53, 3; but: cum fugam in regia fecisset (sc. ceterorum), Liv. 1, 56, 4; so, fugam facere = fugare, id. 21, 5, 16; 21, 52, 10: fugam hostium facere, id. 22, 24, 8; 26, 4, 8 al.: gestum vultu, Quint. 11, 3, 71: gradum, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249; id. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 3; Quint. 3, 6, 8: gratiam alicujus rei, Liv. 3, 56, 4; 8, 34, 3: gratulationem alicui, Cic. Fam. 11, 18, 3; Sen. Ep. 6: gratum alicui, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 56; Cic. Rep. 1, 21; cf.: gratissimum alicui, id. Fam. 7, 21 fin.: histrioniam, Plaut. Am. prol. 152: homicidium, to commit, Quint. 5, 9, 9: hospitium cum aliquo, Cic. Balb. 18, 42: imperata, Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 3: impetum in hostem, Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 25, 11, 2: incursionem, Liv. 3, 38, 3: indicium, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 150: inducias, id. Phil. 8, 7, 20: initium, to begin, id. Agr. 2, 29, 79; cf.: initia ab aliquo, id. Rep. 1, 19: injuriam, id. ib. 3, 14 (opp. accipere); Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 4; Quint. 3, 6, 49; 10, 1, 115: insidias alicui, Cic. Mil. 9, 23: iram, Quint. 6, 1, 14: jacturam, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89; id. Fin. 2, 24, 79; Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 7: judicium, Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2: judicatum, to execute, id. Fl. 20, 48: jus alicui, Liv. 32, 13, 6: jussa, Ov. F. 1, 379: laetitiam, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25: largitiones, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48: locum poëtarum mendacio, Curt. 3, 1, 4: locum alicui rei, Cels. 2, 14 fin.; 7, 4, 3; Curt. 4, 11, 8; Sen. Ep. 91, 13 et saep.: longius, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22 al.: valde magnum, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7: medicinam alicui, to administer, id. Fam. 14, 7: memoriam, Quint. 11, 2, 4: mentionem, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2: metum, to excite, Tac. A. 6, 36: turbida lux metum insidiarum faciebat, suggested, Liv. 10, 33, 5: metum alicui, id. 9, 41, 11: missum aliquem, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134: modum irae, Liv. 4, 50, 4: moram, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 72: morem alicujus rei sibi, Liv. 35, 35, 13: motus, id. 28, 46, 8: multam alicui, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 1, 6: munditias, id. R. R. 2, 4: mutationem, Cic. Sest. 12, 27; id. Off. 1, 33, 120: multa alicui, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 16: naufragium, to suffer, id. Fam. 16, 9, 1: negotium alicui, to give to do, make trouble for, Quint. 5, 12, 13; Just. 21, 4, 4: nomen alicui, Liv. 8, 15, 8; cf. nomina, to incur debts, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59: odium vitae, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 199: officium suum, Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 12: omnia amici causa, Cic. Lael. 10, 35; id. Fam. 5, 11, 2: opinionem alicui, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45: orationem, id. de Or. 1, 14, 63; id. Brut. 8, 30; id. Or. 51, 172: otia alicui, to grant, Verg. E. 1, 6: pacem, to conclude, Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109: pecuniam ex aliqua re, id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17: periculum, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 1, 9; Tac. A. 13, 33; 16, 19; Sall. C. 33, 1: perniciem alicui, to cause, = parare, Tac. H. 2, 70: planum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54: potestatem, id. Cat. 3, 5, 11; id. Rep. 2, 28: praedam, Caes. B. G. 4, 34, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156; Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 8: praedas ab aliquo, Nep. Chabr. 2, 2: proelium, to join, Caes. B. G. 1, 13; Cic. Deiot. 5, 13; Liv. 25, 1, 5; Tac. H. 4, 79; id. A. 12, 40: promissum, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95: pudorem, Liv. 3, 31, 3: ratum, id. 28, 39, 16: rem, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12: reum, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38: risum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 40; 48: scelus, to commit, Tac. H. 1, 40: securitatem alicui, Liv. 36, 41, 1: sermonem, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66: significationem ignibus, Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 3: silentium, Liv. 24, 7, 12: somnum, to induce, Juv. 3, 282: spem, Cic. Att. 3, 16; Liv. 30, 3, 7: spiritus, id. 30, 11, 3: stercus, Col. 2, 15: stipendia, Sall. J. 63, 3; Liv. 3, 27, 1; 5, 7, 5: stomachum alicui, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 2; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10: suavium alicui, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 53: suspicionem, Cic. Fl. 33, 83: taedium alicujus rei, Liv. 4, 57, 11: terrorem iis, to inflict, id. 10, 25, 8: timorem, to excite, id. 6, 28, 8: mihi timorem, Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2: totum, Dig. 28, 5, 35: transitum alicui, Liv. 26, 25, 3: turbam, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 2: urinam, Col. 6, 19: usum, Quint. 10, 3, 28: vadimonium, Cic. Quint. 18, 57: verbum, verba, to speak, talk, id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147: verbum, to invent, id. Fin. 3, 15, 51: versus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 5: vestigium, id. Rab. Post. 17, 47: viam sibi, Liv. 3, 5, 6: vim alicui or in aliquem, id. 38, 24, 4; 3, 5, 5: vires, to get, acquire, Quint. 10, 3, 3: vitium, Cic. Top. 3, 15 al.
          2. (β) With ut, ne, quin, or the simple subj.: faciam, ut ejus diei locique meique semper meminerit, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 20: facere ut remigret domum, id. Pers. 4, 6, 3; id. Capt. 3, 4, 78; 4, 2, 77: ea, quantum potui, feci, ut essent nota nostris, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8: facito, ut sciam, id. Att. 2, 4, 4: non potuisti ullo modo facere, ut mihi illam epistolam non mitteres, id. ib. 11, 21, 1: si facis ut patriae sit idoneus, Juv. 14, 71: ut nihil ad te dem litterarum facere non possum, Cic. Ac. 8, 14, 1; for which, with quin: facere non possum, quin ad te mittam, I cannot forbear sending, id. ib. 12, 27, 2: fecisti, ut ne cui maeror tuus calamitatem afferret, id. Clu. 60, 168: fac, ne quid aliud cures, id. Fam. 16, 11, 1: domi assitis, facite, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 53: fac fidele sis fidelis, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79: fac cupidus mei videndi sis, Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 5: fac cogites, id. ib. 11, 3, 4.
            In pass.: fieri potest, ut recte quis sentiat, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: potest fieri, ut iratus dixerit, etc., Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285: nec fieri possit, ut non statim alienatio facienda sit, id. Lael. 21, 76; so with ut non, id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190 (Zumpt, Gram. § 539).
          3. (γ) With inf. = efficere, curare, to cause (rare): nulla res magis talis oratores videri facit, Cic. Brut. 38, 142; Pall. 6, 12: aspectus arborum macrescere facit volucres inclusas, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 3; Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114: qui nati coram me cernere letum Fecisti, Verg. A. 2, 539; Ov. H. 17, 174: mel ter infervere facito, Col. 12, 38, 5 (perh. also in Ov. H. 6, 100, instead of favet, v. Loers. ad h. l.; cf. infra, B. 4.).
          4. (δ) Absol.: ego plus, quam feci, facere non possum, Cic. Fam. 11, 14, 3: faciam, ut potero, Laeli, id. de Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. Rep. 1, 24: noli putare, pigritia me facere, quod non mea manu scribam, id. Att. 16, 15, 1; so, facere = hoc or id facere, Lucr. 4, 1112 (cf. Munro ad loc.); 1153: vereor ne a te rursus dissentiam. M. Non facies, Quinte, Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33; so after scribam, id. Att. 16, 16, 15: nominaverunt, id. Rep. 2, 28, 50; after disserere: tu mihi videris utrumque facturus, id. ib. 2, 11, 22; after fingere: ut facit apud Platonem Socrates, id. ib.: necesse erit uti epilogis, ut in Verrem Cicero fecit, Quint. 6, 1, 54: qui dicere ac facere doceat, id. 2, 3, 11: faciant equites, Juv. 7, 14; Liv. 42, 37, 6: petis ut libellos meos recognoscendos curem. Faciam, Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1; 5, 1, 4 et saep. (cf. the use of facio, as neutr., to resume or recall the meaning of another verb, v. II. E. infra; between that use and this no line can be drawn).
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. With a double object, to make a thing into something, to render it something: senatum bene firmum firmiorem vestra auctoritate fecistis, Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18: te disertum, id. ib. 2, 39 fin.: iratum adversario judicem, id. de Or. 1, 51, 220: heredem filiam, to appoint, constitute, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111: aliquem regem, Just. 9, 6: aliquem ludos, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 75: aliquem absentem rei capitalis reum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93: animum dubium, id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 27: injurias irritas, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63: vectigalia sibi deteriora, Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 4: hi consules facti sunt, Cic. de Sen. 5, 14: disciplina doctior facta civitas, id. Rep. 2, 19: di ex hominibus facti, id. ib. 2, 10; cf.: tua virtute nobis Romanos ex amicis amicissimos fecisti, Sall. J. 10, 2.
        In pass.: quo tibi sumere depositum clavum fierique tribuno? to become a tribune, Hor. S. 1, 6, 25.
      2. 2. to value, esteem, regard a person or thing in any manner (like the Engl. make, in the phrase to make much of).
        Esp. with gen. pretii: in quo perspicere posses, quanti te, quanti Pompeium, quem unum ex omnibus facio, ut debeo, plurimi, quanti Brutum facerem, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 2: te quotidie pluris feci, id. ib. 3, 4, 2: voluptatem virtus minimi facit, id. Fin. 2, 13, 42: dolorem nihili facere, to care nothing for, to despise, id. ib. 27, 88: nihili facio scire, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 42: negat se magni facere, utrum, etc., Quint. 11, 1, 38: parum id facio, Sall. J. 85, 31: si illi aliter nos faciant quam aequum sit. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 43.
      3. 3. With gen., to make a thing the property of a person, subject it to him: omnia, quae mulieris fuerunt, viri fiunt, Cic. Top. 4, 23.
        Esp.: facere aliquid dicionis alicujus, to reduce to subjection under a person or power: omnem oram Romanae dicionis fecit, Liv. 21, 60, 3: dicionis alienae facti, id. 1, 25, 13; 5, 27, 14; cf.: ut munus imperii beneficii sui faceret, to make it (seem) his own bounty, Just. 13, 4, 9: ne delecto imperatore alio sui muneris rempublicam faceret, Tac. A. 15, 52.
      4. 4. To represent a thing in any manner, to feign, assert, say.
        Constr. with acc. and adj. or part., or with acc. and inf.
          1. (α) Acc. and part.: in eo libro, ubi se exeuntem e senatu et cum Pansa colloquentem facit, id. Brut. 60, 218: Xenophon facit … Socratem disputantem, id. N. D. 1, 12, 31; cf.: ejus (Socratis) oratio, qua facit eum Plato usum apud judices, id. Tusc. 1, 40 fin. al.
          2. (β) Acc. and inf.: qui nuper fecit servo currenti in via decesse populum, Ter. Heaut. prol. 31: fecerat et fetam procubuisse lupam, Verg. A. 8, 630; cf. Ov. M. 6, 109, v. Bach ad h. l.: poëtae impendere apud inferos saxum Tantalo faciunt, Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35: quem (Herculem) Homerus apud inferos conveniri facit ab Ulixe, id. N. D. 3, 16, 41: Plato construi a deo mundum facit, id. ib. 1, 8, 19: Plato Isocratem laudari fecit a Socrate, id. Opt. Gen. 6, 17; id. Brut. 38, 142: M. Cicero dicere facit C. Laelium, Gell. 17, 5, 1: caput esse faciunt ea, quae perspicua dicunt, Cic. Fia. 4, 4, 8, v. Madv. ad h. l.
          3. (γ) In double construction: Polyphemum Homerus cum ariete colloquentem facit ejusque laudare fortunas, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39 fin.
      5. 5. To make believe, to pretend: facio me alias res agere, Cic. Fam. 15, 18: cum verbis se locupletem faceret, id. Fl. 20: me unum ex iis feci, qui, etc., id. Planc. 27, 65.
      6. 6. Hypothetically in the imper. fac, suppose, assume: fac, quaeso, qui ego sum, esse te, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1; cf.: fac potuisse, id. Phil. 2, 3, 5: fac animos non remanere post mortem, id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; 1, 29, 70: fac velit, Stat. Ach. 2, 241: fac velle, Verg. A. 4, 540.
      7. 7. In mercant. lang., to practise, exercise, follow any trade or profession: cum mercaturas facerent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72: naviculariam, id. ib. 2, 5, 18, § 46: argentariam, id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 155; id. Caecin. 4, 10: topiariam, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5: haruspicinam, id. Fam. 6, 18, 1: praeconium, id. ib.; so, piraticam, id. Post. Red. in Sen. 5, 11: medicinam, Phaedr. 1, 14, 2.
      8. 8. In relig. lang., like the Gr. ῤέζειν, to perform or celebrate a religious rite; to offer sacrifice, make an offering, to sacrifice: res illum divinas apud eos deos in suo sacrario quotidie facere vidisti, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 18: sacra pro civibus, id. Balb. 24, 55: sacrificium publicum, id. Brut. 14, 56.
        Absol.: a sacris patriis Junonis Sospitae, cui omnes consules facere necesse est, consulem avellere, Cic. Mur. 41, 90.
        With abl.: cum faciam vitulā pro frugibus, Verg. E. 3, 77: catulo, Col. 2, 22, 4.
        Pass. impers.: cum pro populo fieret, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3: quibus diis decemviri ex libris ut fieret, ediderunt, Liv. 37, 3, 5.
      9. 9. In gram., to make, form in inflecting: cur aper apri et pater patris faciat? Quint. 1, 6, 13; so id. 14; 15; 27; cf.: sic genitivus Achilli et Ulixi fecit, id. 1, 5, 63; 1, 6, 26: eadem (littera) fecit ex duello bellum, id. 1, 4, 15.
      10. 10. In late Lat., (se) facere aliquo, to betake one’s self to any place: intra limen sese facit, App. 5, p. 159, 25; without se: homo meus coepit ad stelas facere, Petr. 62: ad illum ex Libya Hammon facit, Tert. Pall. 3.
      11. 11. Peculiar phrases.
        1. a. Quid faciam (facias, fiet, etc.), with abl., dat., or (rare) with de, what is to be done with a person or thing? quid hoc homine facias? Cic. Sest. 13, 29; id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40: nescit quid faciat auro, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 100: quid tu huic homini facias? Cic. Caecin. 11, 30; cf.: quid enim tibi faciam, id. Att. 7, 3, 2: quid faceret huic conclusioni, i. e. how should he refute, etc., id. Ac. 2, 30, 96: quid facias illi? Hor. S. 1, 1, 63: miserunt Delphos consultum quidnam facerent de rebus suis, Nep. Them. 2: quid fecisti scipione? what have you done with the stick? or, what has become of it? Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 6; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.
          In pass.: quid Tulliolā meā fiet? Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3: quid illo fiet? quid me? id. Att. 6, 1, 14: quid fiet artibus? id. Ac. 2, 33, 107: quid mihi fiet? Ov. A. A. 1, 536: quid de illa fiet fidicina igitur? Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 48: de fratre quid fiet? Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 39.
          Absol.: quid faciat Philomela? fugam custodia claudit? Ov. M. 6, 572: quid facerem? neque servitio me exire licebat, etc., Verg. E. 1, 41 al.
        2. b. Fit, factum est aliquo or aliqua re, it happens to, becomes of a person or thing: volo Erogitare, meo minore quid sit factum filio, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 32: nec quid deinde iis (elephantis) factum sit, auctores explicant, Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 17: quid eo est argento factum? Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 106.
          Hence,
          1. (β) Esp., si quid factum sit aliquo, if any thing should happen to one (i. q. si quid acciderit humanitus), euphemistically for if one should die: si quid eo factum esset, in quo spem essetis habituri? Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 20, 59; cf.: eum fecisse aiunt, sibi quod faciendum fuit, Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 23.
        3. c. Ut fit, as it usually happens, as is commonly the case: praesertim cum, ut fit, fortuito saepe aliquid concluse apteque dicerent, Cic. Or. 53, 177: queri, ut fit, incipiunt, id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56: dum se uxor, ut fit, comparat, id. Mil. 10, 28: fecit statim, ut fit, fastidium copia, Liv. 3, 1, 7.
        4. d. Fiat, an expression of assent, so be it! very good! fiat, geratur mos tibi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 146; id. As. 1, 1, 27; id. Am. 2, 2, 138; id. Most. 4, 3, 44 al.
        5. e. Dictum ac factum, no sooner said than done, without delay, at once; v. dictum under dico, A. d.
      12. 12. In certain phrases the ellipsis of facere is common, e. g. finem facere: Quae cum dixisset, Cotta finem, Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; id. Fin. 4, 1 init.
        With nihil aliud quam, quid alium quam, nihil praeterquam, which often = an emphatic Engl. only (but not in Cic.): Tissaphernes nihil aliud quam bellum comparavit, Nep. Ages. 2: per biduum nihil aliud quam steterunt parati, Liv. 34, 46; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Aug. 83; Liv. 2, 63; 4, 3; 3, 26.
        So with nihil amplius quam, nihil prius quam, nihil minus quam, Liv. 26, 20; 35, 11; Suet. Dom. 3.
  2. II. Neutr.
    1. A. With adverbs, to do, deal, or act in any manner: recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; v. recte under rego: bene fecit Silius, qui transegerit, Cic. Att. 12, 24, 1: seu recte seu perperam, to do right or wrong, id. Quint. 8, 31: Dalmatis di male faciant, id. Fam. 5, 11 fin.: facis amice, in a friendly manner, id. Lael. 2, 9; cf.: per malitiam, maliciously, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21: humaniter, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1: imperite, id. Leg. 1, 1, 4: tutius, Quint. 5, 10, 68: voluit facere contra huic aegre, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10: bene facere, to profit, benefit (opp. male facere, to hurt, injure), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 25; 5, 7, 19; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 22; id. Capt. 5, 2, 23; v. also under benefacio and benefactum.
    2. B. Facere cum or ab aliquo, to take part with one, to side with one; and opp. contra (or adversus) aliquem, to take part against one: si respondisset, idem sentire et secum facere Sullam, Cic. Sull. 13, 36; cf.: cum illo consulem facere, id. Att. 6, 8, 2; and: secum consules facere, id. Planc. 35, 86: auctoritatem sapientissimorum hominum facere nobiscum, id. Caecin. 36, 104; cf.: rem et sententiam interdicti mecum facere fatebatur, id. ib. 28, 79: cum veritas cum hoc faciat, is on his side, id. Quint. 30, 91: commune est, quod nihilo magis ab adversariis quam a nobis facit, id. Inv. 1, 48, 90: omnes damnatos, omnes ignominia affectos illac (a or cum Caesare) facere, id. Att. 7, 3, 5: quae res in civitate duae plurimum possunt, eae contra nos ambae faciunt in hoc tempore, id. Quint. 1, 1: neque minus eos cum quibus steterint quam adversus quos fecerint, Nep. Eum. 8, 2: cum aliquo non male facere, to be on good terms with, Ov. Am. 3, 762.
    3. C. In late Lat. facere cum aliqua = vivere cum aliqua, to live in matrimony, to be married, Inscr. Orell. 4646.
    4. D. Ad aliquid, alicui, or absol., to be good or of use for any thing; to be useful, of service: chamaeleon facit ad difficultatem urinae, Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 46; Scrib. Comp. 122: ad talem formam non facit iste locus, Ov. H. 16, 190; cf. id. ib. 6, 128; id. Am. 1, 2, 16 al.: radix coronopi coeliacis praeclare facit, Plin. 22, 19, 22, § 48; so with dat., Plin. Val. 2, 1; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 20: facit autem commode ea compositio, quam, etc., Col. 7, 5, 7; 8, 17, 13: nec caelum, nec aquae faciunt, nec terra, nec aurae, do not benefit me, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 23: mire facit in peroratione confessio, Quint. 11, 3, 173; 171; cf. with a subject-clause: plurimum facit, totas diligenter nosse causas, id. 6, 4, 8: ad aliquid or alicui signifies also to suit, fit: non faciet capiti dura corona meo, Prop. 3, 1, 19; cf. Ov. H. 16, 189.
    5. E. Like the Gr. ποιεῖν or δρᾶν, and the Engl. to do, instead of another verb (also for esse and pati): factum cupio (sc. id esse), Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 24: factum volo, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 91; id. Most. 3, 2, 104: an Scythes Anacharsis potuit pro nihilo pecuniam ducere, nostrates philosophi facere non potuerunt? Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90: nihil his in locis nisi saxa et montes cogitabam: idque ut facerem, orationibus inducebar tuis, id. Leg. 2, 1, 2; cf.: Demosthenem, si illa pronuntiare voluisset, ornate splendideque facere potuisse, id. Off. 1, 1 fin.; and: cur Cassandra furens futura prospiciat, Priamus sapiens hoc idem facere nequeat? id. Div. 1, 39, 85; so id. Ac. 2, 33, 107; id. Att. 1, 16, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 4; 4, 3 al.: vadem te ad mortem tyranno dabis pro amico, ut Pythagoreus ille Siculo fecit tyranno (here also with the case of the preceding verb), Cic. Fin. 2, 24 fin. (v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 278): jubeas (eum) miserum esse, libenter quatenus id facit (i. e. miser est), what he is doing, Hor. S. 1, 1, 64: in hominibus solum existunt: nam bestiae simile quiddam faciunt (i. q. patiuntur or habent), Cic. Tusc. 4, 14; so, ne facias quod Ummidius quidam (= ne idem experiaris, ne idem tibi eveniat), Hor. S. 1, 1, 94.
  3. F. Facere omitted, especially in short sentences expressing a judgment upon conduct, etc.: at stulte, qui non modo non censuerit, etc., Cic. Off. 3, 27, 101.
    Hence,
      1. 1. factus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. As adjective ante-class. and very rare: factius nihilo facit, sc. id, i. e. nihilo magis effectum reddit, is no nearer bringing it about, Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 6; cf. Lorenz ad loc.
      Far more freq.,
    2. B. In the neutr. as subst.: factum, i (gen. plur. factūm, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 Trag. 81), that which is done, a deed, act, exploit, achievement (syn.: res gestae, facinus).
      1. 1. In gen.: depingere, Ter. Phorm. 1, 5, 38: facere factum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 5; id. Mil. 3, 1, 139: dicta et facta, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 19; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12: opus facto est, id. Phorm. 4, 5, 4: ecquod hujus factum aut commissum non dicam audacius, sed, etc., Cic. Sull. 26, 72: meum factum probari abs te triumpho gaudio, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 1; 14, 9, 2: quod umquam eorum in re publica forte factum exstitit? id. ib. 8, 14, 2: praeclarum atque divinum, id. Phil. 2, 44, 114: egregium, id. Fam. 10, 16, 2; id. Cael. 10, 23: factum per se improbabile, Quint. 7, 4, 7; 6, 1, 22: illustre, Nep. Arist. 2, 2; cf.: illustria et gloriosa, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: forte, id. Att. 8, 14, 2: dira, Ov. M. 6, 533: nefanda, id. H. 14, 16 al.; but also with the adv.: recte ac turpiter factum, Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 5; cf.: multa huius (Timothei) sunt praeclare facta sed haec maxime illustria, Nep. Timoth. 1, 2; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 722, 2: dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40: quo facto aut dicto adest opus, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 15 et saep.: famam extendere factis, Verg. A. 10, 468: non hominum video. non ego facta boum, doings, i. e. works, Ov. H. 10, 60.
      2. 2. In partic., bonum factum, like the Gr. ἀγαθὴ τύχη, a good deed, i. e. well done, fortunate (ante-class. and post-Aug.): bonum factum’st, edicta ut servetis mea, Plaut. Poen. prol. 16; cf. id. ib. 44; cf.: hoc factum est optimum, ut, etc., id. Ps. 1, 2, 52: majorum bona facta, Tac. A. 3, 40; cf. id. ib. 3, 65.
        At the commencement of edicts, Suet. Caesar, 80; id. Vit. 14; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 49, 17; Tert. Pudic. 1.
        (But in the class. per. factum in this sense is a participle, and is construed with an adv.: bene facta, Sall. C. 8, 5; id. J. 85, 5; Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64: recte, male facta, id. Off. 2, 18, 62: male facto exigua laus proponitur, id. Leg. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Brut. 43, 322; Quint. 3, 7, 13; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 460).
      3. * 2. facteon, a word jestingly formed by Cicero, after the analogy of the Greek, for faciendum: quare, ut opinor, φιλοσοφητέον, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 13 Orell. N. cr. (for facteon, Ernesti has ἐατέον).

făcĭtergĭum, i, n. [facies-tergeo], a cloth or towel for wiping the face, Isid. 19, 26, 7.