facinus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fakinos. Related to faciō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ki.nus/, [ˈfa.kɪ.nʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈfaː.t͡ʃi.nus]

Noun

facinus n (genitive facinoris); third declension

  1. deed, action
  2. especially crime, wickedness, evil deed.

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative facinus facinora
Genitive facinoris facinorum
Dative facinorī facinoribus
Accusative facinus facinora
Ablative facinore facinoribus
Vocative facinus facinora

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • facinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • facinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • facinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118)
    • to do a criminal deed: facinus facere, committere
    • to commit some blameworthy action: facinus, culpam in se admittere
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