LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

facultās

facultās f (genitive facultātis)
Classical[faˈkʊɫ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[faˈkul.tas]

Meaning

  1. ability to do any thing easily, skill, capacity, power
  2. in pluralmeans, resources
  3. opportunity, chance
  4. faculty (group of teachers)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

potestās faciendī
opportunity, means
facultās -ātis (f) — in De Bello Gallico I, ch. 16
cōpiam faciendī, posse facere
opportunity, means
facultās -ātis (f) — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 6, 16

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Occasio · Opportunitas · Potestas · Copia · Facultas

Occasio and opportunitas are the opportunities which fortune and chance offer; occasio, the opportunity to undertake something in a general sense, like καιρός; opportunitas, the opportunity to undertake something with facility and the probability of success, like εὐκαιρία; whereas potestas and copia are opportunities offered by men, and through their complaisance; potestas denotes the possibility of doing something with legal authority; copia the possibility of doing something with convenience; lastly, facultas, as the most general expression, the possibility to do something in a general sense.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefacultāsfacultātēs
genitivefacultātisfacultātum
dativefacultātīfacultātibus
accusativefacultātemfacultātēs
ablativefacultātefacultātibus
vocativefacultāsfacultātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

facultas dicendi
oratorical talent.
nulla est facultas alicuius rei
no opportunity of carrying out an object presents itself.
facultatem, potestatem alicui eripere, adimere
to deprive a man of the chance of doing a thing.
opibus, divitiis, bonis, facultatibus abundare
to be very rich.
facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing.

făcultas, ātis (
I. gen. plur.: facultatum, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 29 al.: facultatium, Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 1; Col. 1, 4, 8), f. facul, facilis; cf.: difficultas, simultas, capability, possibility, power, means, opportunity; skill, ability to do any thing easily (class.; syn.: dotes, virtutes, ingenium, indoles).
I. Lit.: facultates sunt, aut quibus facilius fit, aut sine quibus aliquid confici non potest, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 41.—Constr. with gen., ad, ut, inf., or absol.
(a). With gen. of gerund.: facultas pariendi, Ter. And. 1, 4, 5: summa copia facultasque dicendi, Cic. Quint. 2, 8: sibi facultatem dicendi parare, Quint. 11, 2, 49: Miloni manendi nulla facultas, Cic. Mil. 17, 45: suscipiendi maleficii, id. Rosc. Am. 33, 92: laedendi, id. Fl. 8, 19: redimendi, id. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 18: facultatem judicandi facere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 179 et saep.—So with ellipsis of dicendi: extemporalis facultas, of extemporaneous speaking, Suet. Aug. 84; cf.: facultas summa, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18; id. ib. 6, 29, 5.—With a gen. subst.: talium sumptuum facultatem fructum divitiarum putat, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56: quod reliquis fugae facultas daretur, Caes. B. G. 1, 32 fin.: Demostheni facultatem defuisse hujus rei, Quint. 6, 3, 2: si facultas tui praesentis esset, if I could but meet you face to face, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 4: facultates medicamentorum, virtue, efficacy, Cels. 5 praef. init.; id. ib. 17.—
(b). With ad: ne irato facultas ad dicendum data esse videatur, Cic. Font. 10, 22 (6, 12); cf.: ad explicandas tuas litteras, id. Rep. 1, 9; and: ad ducendum bellum, Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4.— In plur.: ingenii facultates, Cic. Att. 3, 10: multae mihi ad satis faciendum reliquo tempore facultates dabuntur, Cic. Clu. 4, 10.—Rarely with dat.: si facultas sit alendis sarmentis, Col. 4, 29, 1.—
(g). With in: modica in dicendo facultas, Suet. Galb. 3. —
(d). With ut: nonnumquam improbo facultas dari, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 25, 71; id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18: L. Quintius oblatam sibi facultatem putavit, ut, etc., id. Clu. 28, 77; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: erit haec facultas in eo, quem volumus esse eloquentem, ut, etc., id. Or. 33, 117.—(ε) With inf. (post-Aug. and very rare): nobis saevire facultas, Stat. Th. 4, 513; 12, 36; Val. Fl. 3, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 78.—(ζ) Absol.: cave quicquam, quod ad meum commodum attineat, nisi maximo tuo commodo et maxima tua facultate cogitaris, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4: urges istam occasionem et facultatem, id. Fam. 7, 8, 2: poëtica quaedam, id. Rep. 1, 14: facultas ex ceteris rebus comparata, id. de Or. 2, 12, 50: si facultas erit, id. de Inv. 1, 46 fin.; cf.: hinc abite, dum est facultas, while you can, Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.: quoad facultas feret, Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.
II. Transf., concr., for copia, opes, a sufficient or great number, abundance, plenty, supply, stock, store; plur., goods, riches, property (syn.: opes, bona, silva, divitiae, fortunae, copia, vis).
(a). Sing.: nummorum facultas, Cic. Quint. 4, 16: cujus generis (virorum) erat in senatu facultas maxima, id. Sull. 14, 42: facultas vacui ac liberi temporis, id. de Or. 3, 15, 57: omnium rerum, quae ad bellum usui erant, summa erat in eo oppido facultas, Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 3: navium, id. ib. 3, 9, 6: si facultas ejus succi sit copiosior, Col. 12, 38, 8 al.: pro facultate quisque, in proportion to his ability or wealth, Suet. Aug. 29.—
(b). Plur.: anquirunt ad facultates rerum atque copias, ad potentiam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9: mutandis facultatibus et commodis, id. ib. 2, 4, 15: facultates commodorum praetermittere, id. Att. 1, 17, 5: me tuae facultates sustinent, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7: videndum ne major benignitas sit quam facultates, id. Off. 1, 14, 42: facultates ad largiendum magnas comparasse, Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4: facultates patrimonii nostri aliis relinquemus, Quint. 6 praef. § 16: Gaius attritis facultatibus urbe cessit, Suet. Galb. 3: modicus facultatibus, Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2 et saep.: Tantas videri Italiae facultates, ut, etc., supplies, resources, Caes. B. G. 6, 1, 3; with copia, id. B. C. 1, 49, 2: ministrare alicui de facultatibus suis, Vulg. Luc. 8, 3: qui facultates suas suspectas habet, i. e. doubts his own solvency, Gai. Inst. 2, 154.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *fakelitāts, related to facilis. Doublet of facilitās.

Descendants
  • Catalanfacultat
  • Englishfacultyfrom Old French faculte
  • Frenchfacultéfrom Old French faculte
  • Romanianfacultatefrom Old French faculte
  • GermanFakultät
  • GermanFacultät
  • Italianfacoltà
  • Portuguesefaculdade
  • Spanishfacultad
  • Albanianfakulltet

Quick answers

What does facultās mean in Latin?
facultās, a noun, means “ability to do any thing easily, skill, capacity, power; means, resources; opportunity, chance”.
What is the genitive of facultās?
The genitive singular is facultātis. facultās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce facultās?
In classical Latin, [faˈkʊɫ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [faˈkul.tas].