facultas

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Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    facultās f (genitive facultātis); third declension

    1. ability, skill
    2. (in the plural) means, resources
    3. opportunity, chance
      Synonyms: opportūnitās, occāsiō
    4. faculty (group of teachers)

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative facultās facultātēs
    genitive facultātis facultātum
    dative facultātī facultātibus
    accusative facultātem facultātēs
    ablative facultāte facultātibus
    vocative facultās facultātēs

    Descendants

    References

    • “facultas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “facultas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • facultas 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)
    • facultas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
      • to deprive a man of the chance of doing a thing: facultatem, potestatem alicui eripere, adimere
      • no opportunity of carrying out an object presents itself: nulla est facultas alicuius rei
      • oratorical talent: facultas dicendi
      • to be very rich: opibus, divitiis, bonis, facultatibus abundare
    • facultas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

    Portuguese

    Verb

    facultas

    1. second-person singular present indicative of facultar

    Spanish

    Verb

    facultas

    1. second-person singular present indicative of facultar
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