LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

factum

factum n (genitive factī)
Classical[ˈfak.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfak.tum]
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Meaning

  1. neuterfact, deed, act, doing, work
    bonum factuma good deed
    dī pia facta videntThe gods see pious deeds8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.117
  2. 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

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefactumfacta
genitivefactīfactōrum
dativefactōfactīs
accusativefactumfacta
ablativefactōfactīs
vocativefactumfacta

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.

Origins

Descendants
  • Catalanfet
  • Englishfact
  • Englishfactum
  • GermanFaktum
  • Italianfatto
  • Occitanfach
  • Englishfeatfrom Old French fait
  • Frenchfaitfrom Old French fait
  • Portuguesefeitofrom Old Galician-Portuguese feito
  • Portuguesefacto

Quick answers

What does factum mean in Latin?
factum, a noun, means “fact, deed, act, doing, work; exploit, feat, accomplishment, achievement”.
What is the genitive of factum?
The genitive singular is factī. factum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce factum?
In classical Latin, [ˈfak.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfak.tum].