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Pronunciation
Verb
facetus
- conditional of faceti
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₂k- (“to shine”). Cognate with fax, Lithuanian žvakė (“candle”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
facētus (feminine facēta, neuter facētum, comparative facētior, superlative facētissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- elegant, fine
- courteous, polite
- witty, jocose, facetious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “facetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “facetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- facetus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- facetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be witty: facete dicere
- to make witty remarks: facetiis uti, facetum esse
- to indulge in apt witticisms: facete et commode dicere
- a witticism, bon mot: facete dictum
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 495