"facinus" meaning in All languages combined

See facinus on Wiktionary

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈfa.kɪ.nʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfaː.t͡ʃi.nus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From faciō + -nus. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{af|la|faciō|-nus}} faciō + -nus Head templates: {{la-noun|facinus<3>}} facinus n (genitive facinoris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|facinus<3>}} Forms: facinoris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], facinus [nominative, singular], facinora [nominative, plural], facinoris [genitive, singular], facinorum [genitive, plural], facinorī [dative, singular], facinoribus [dative, plural], facinus [accusative, singular], facinora [accusative, plural], facinore [ablative, singular], facinoribus [ablative, plural], facinus [singular, vocative], facinora [plural, vocative]
  1. deed, action, doing Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: factum, rēs, gestum, āctiō, āctus
    Sense id: en-facinus-la-noun-vxDic2ql Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -nus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -nus: 23 35 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 37
  2. (by extension) adventure, venture, undertaking Tags: broadly, declension-3, neuter Synonyms: commissum, coeptum, inceptum
    Sense id: en-facinus-la-noun-LdOblp9s Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -nus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -nus: 23 35 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 37
  3. (especially) crime, wickedness, evil deed Tags: declension-3, especially, neuter
    Sense id: en-facinus-la-noun-x4nWfljx Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -nus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Crime Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -nus: 23 35 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0 100 Synonyms: dēlīctum, peccātum, scelus, vitium, noxa, crīmen, culpa, iniūria, dēlinquentia, flāgitium, malum, commissum, maleficium
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: facinerōsus, facinorōsus

Inflected forms

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