LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

factīcius

factīcius (feminine factīcia, neuter factīcium)
Classical[fakˈtiː.ki.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[fakˈtiː.t͡ʃi.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepost Augustanmade by art, artificial, factitious

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefactīciusfactīcia
factītia
factīcium
factītium
genitivefactīciī
factītiī
factīciae
factītiae
factīciī
factītiī
dativefactīciō
factītiō
factīciae
factītiae
factīciō
factītiō
accusativefactīcium
factītium
factīciam
factītiam
factīcium
factītium
ablativefactīciō
factītiō
factīciā
factītiā
factīciō
factītiō
vocativefactīcie
factītie
factīcia
factītia
factīcium
factītium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefactīciī
factītiī
factīciae
factītiae
factīcia
factītia
genitivefactīciōrum
factītiōrum
factīciārum
factītiārum
factīciōrum
factītiōrum
dativefactīciīs
factītiīs
factīciīs
factītiīs
factīciīs
factītiīs
accusativefactīciōs
factītiōs
factīciās
factītiās
factīcia
factītia
ablativefactīciīs
factītiīs
factīciīs
factītiīs
factīciīs
factītiīs
vocativefactīciī
factītiī
factīciae
factītiae
factīcia
factītia

factīcĭus (-tĭus), a, um, adj. facio,
I. made by art, artificial, factitious (postAug.).
I. In gen.: sal, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: colores, id. 31, 7, 42, § 91; 35, 6, 24, § 40: ladanum (opp. terrenum), id. 12, 17, 37, § 75. —
II. In the later grammarians: nomen, formed to imitate the natural sound, onomato - poetic, like tintinnabulum, turtur, Prisc. p. 581 P.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  4. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  5. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  6. Latinfactīcius

Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin factīcius From factus (“made”) + -īcius.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanfactici
  • Englishfactitious
  • Frenchfactice
  • Italianfattizio
  • Portuguesefactício
  • Spanishfacticio
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesefeitiçofrom Old Galician-Portuguese feytizeo
  • Spanishhechizo
  • Asturianfechizu
  • Galicianfeitizofrom Old Galician-Portuguese feytizeo
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianfattittu
Italo-Romance
  • Italianfatticcio
  • Old Venetanfatiz
Gallo-Romance
  • Old Frenchfaitis

Quick answers

What does factīcius mean in Latin?
factīcius, a adjective, means “made by art, artificial, factitious”.
How do you pronounce factīcius?
In classical Latin, [fakˈtiː.ki.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fakˈtiː.t͡ʃi.us].
Where does factīcius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti → Proto-Italic *θakjō → Proto-Italic *fakjō → Latin factīcius.