Latin verb
faciō
faciō, facere, fēcī, factum
faciō is a Latin verb. In the 7 analysed lines it was read in, it means “did you make” (once), “do” (once), “I will do” (once) and “it was made” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from faciō to the words it goes with.
Et facta est lux.
And there was light.
facta: the main verb of the sentence.
Ita fac, mi Lucili;
Do so, my Lucilius;
fac: the main verb of the sentence.
“Cur,” inquit, “turbulentam fecisti mihi aquam bibenti?”
“Why,” he said, “did you make the water turbulent for me while I was drinking?”
fecisti: clause completing inquit.
Id cum libenter accepissem atque ab eo petere coepissem ne dubitaret ducere, tum ille ‘Faciam,’ inquit, ‘si mihi fidem quam postulo dederis.’
When I had gladly accepted that and had begun to beg it from him that he should not hesitate to lead, then he said, “I will do it, if you give me the trust that I ask for.”
Faciam: stands beside inquit.
…usque altera mille, deinde centum, dein, cum milia multa fecerimus, conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus, aut ne quis malus invidere…
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then continually another thousand, then a hundred, then, when we have made many thousands, we will mix them up, lest we know, or lest any evil person be able to envy, when he knows there are so many kisses.
fecerimus: clause explaining conturbabimus.
“Qui possum, quaeso, facere, quod quereris, lupe?
Who can I do, please, what you complain about, wolf?
facere: completes possum.
Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning, one day.
factumque: stands beside Appellavitque.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| fac | 2nd person · Singular · Present · Imperative · Active | 1 |
| facere | Present · Active · Infinitive | 1 |
| faciam | 1st person · Singular · Present · Indicative · Active | 1 |
| facta | Nominative · Singular · Feminine · Perfect passive participle | 1 |
| factumque | Nominative · Singular · Neuter · Perfect passive participle | 1 |
| fecerimus | 1st person · Plural · Future perfect · Indicative · Active | 1 |
| fecisti | 2nd person · Singular · Perfect · Indicative · Active | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to faciō by an arc in these lines, most often first.