facetia in Latin

IPA: [faˈkeː.ti.a] [Classical-Latin], [faˈt͡ʃɛt.t͡si.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From facētus (“witty”) + -ia. Etymology templates: {{af|la|facētus|-ia|t1=witty}} facētus (“witty”) + -ia Head templates: {{la-noun|facētia<1>}} facētia f (genitive facētiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|facētia<1>}} Forms: facētia [canonical, feminine], facētiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], facētia [nominative, singular], facētiae [nominative, plural], facētiae [genitive, singular], facētiārum [genitive, plural], facētiae [dative, singular], facētiīs [dative, plural], facētiam [accusative, singular], facētiās [accusative, plural], facētiā [ablative, singular], facētiīs [ablative, plural], facētia [singular, vocative], facētiae [plural, vocative]

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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "facezia"
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "facécia"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "facizza"
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      "lang": "Sicilian",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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  ],
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}

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      "word": "facétie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
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    },
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      "form": "facētiā",
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"facetia" meaning in Latin

Noun