noun · neutersecond declension
factum
factum n (genitive factī)
Classical[ˈfak.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfak.tum]
№ 611 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neuterfact, deed, act, doing, work
bonum factum
a good deeddī pia facta vident
The gods see pious deeds8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.117 - neuterexploit, feat, accomplishment, achievement
[...] “Sī modo quod memorās factum fortūna sequātur.”
[Venus replies to Juno:] “If only the feat that you are telling [me] about will be met by [good] fortune.”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.109
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
id quod facimusfactum -ī (n) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 3
deed
factum — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 14 and Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 3
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | factum | facta |
| genitive | factī | factōrum |
| dative | factō | factīs |
| accusative | factum | facta |
| ablative | factō | factīs |
| vocative | factum | facta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- Asia populi Romani facta est
- Asia was made subject to Rome.
- ut a fabulis ad facta veniamus
- to pass from myth to history.
- deditione facta (Sall. Iug. 26)
- after capitulation.
- conscientia recte factorum erigi
- to congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience.
- magna caedes hostium fugientium facta est
- there was great slaughter of fugitives.
- testudine facta moenia subire (B. G. 2. 6)
- to advance to the walls protected by a covering of shields.
- omnia consilia et facta ad virtutem referre (Phil. 10. 10. 20)
- to make virtue the standard in every thought and act.
- consilia et facta (cf. sect. X. 1, note For "thoughts and deeds"...)
- thought and deed.
1 more phrases
- conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
- a good conscience.
factum, i, n.,
I. v. facio fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
factum ī, n
P. neut. of facio, a deed, act, exploit, achievement : horum facta depingere, T.: te pro istis factis Ulciscar, T.: Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet, H.: famam extendere factis, V.: egregium: inlustria et gloriosa: mortalia, of mortals , H.: totā notissima Cypro Facta, the story , O.: recte ac turpiter factum, Cs.: bene facta, benefits : recte facta, services , L.— An event : paulo post id factum, Cs.: mirabile, O.
Origins
Descendants
- Catalanfet
- Englishfact
- Englishfactum
- GermanFaktum
- Italianfatto
- Occitanfach
- Englishfeatfrom Old French fait
- Frenchfaitfrom Old French fait
- Portuguesefeitofrom Old Galician-Portuguese feito
- Portuguesefacto