faciēs

fac-iēs uit.-lat. Wrtdtng: wrt. 'Machung', das Gemachte in Form, Gestalt, Aussehen, Erscheinung, …

Aus dem uital. *fakjēs, dessen Ursprung umstritten ist. Es kann stammen aus uig. *dʰeh₁- „tun, festlegen, stellen, auferlegen, platzieren“ (faciēs kann für faciō stehen, wie speciēs für speciō, und kann wörtlich „auferlegte Form“ bedeuten); andere klassifizieren es jedoch mit facētus, fax.

Noun

faciēs f (genitive faciēī); fifth declension

1. (in general) make, form, shape, figure, configuration

   Synonyms: speciēs, frōns, fōrma, habitus

2. (usually Classical Latin) (in particular) face, countenance, visage
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

1. Synonym: speciēs

2. beauty, loveliness

   Synonyms: pulchritūdō, decus, decor

   Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum

Pronunciation

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

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