Latin dictionary · verb

faciō

to do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing)

Dictionary forms: faciō, facere, fēcī, factum

Inflection: third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive

Meaning and definitions

1. to do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing)
2. to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect
3. to make, produce, compose
4. to appoint

Connected roots

• fac-

  making, doing

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