faciēs

From Proto-Italic *fakjēs, which is of disputed origin. It may be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, set, put, impose, place”) (faciēs may be to faciō as speciēs is to speciō, and may literally mean "imposed form"); however, others class it with facētus, fax.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ki.eːs/, [ˈfäkieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.t͡ʃi.es/, [ˈfäːt͡ʃies]

Noun

faciēs f (genitive faciēī); fifth declension

1. (in general) make, form, shape, figure, configuration [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: speciēs, frōns, fōrma, habitus

2. (usually Classical Latin) (in particular) face, countenance, visage [ quotations ▼]
3. (figuratively, Classical Latin) external form, look, condition, appearance

   in faciem + (genitive) ― like, in the guise of

1. 1. (in particular) external appearance as opposed to reality; pretence, pretext
   2. (transferred sense, poetic) look, sight, aspect

[ synonym ▲]

1. Synonym: speciēs

2. beauty, loveliness [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: pulchritūdō, decus, decor

   Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum

Inflection

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	faciēs	faciēs
Genitive	faciēī	faciērum
Dative	faciēī	faciēbus
Accusative	faciem	faciēs
Ablative	faciē	faciēbus
Vocative	faciēs	faciēs

Old Genitive: faciēs

Gellius: vocabulum facies hoc modo declinatur: "haec facies, huius facies", quod nunc propter rationem grammaticam "faciei" dicitur