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facetus

facetus

Esperanto

Verb

facetus

  1. conditional of faceti

Latin

Etymology

Some connect this along with faciēs, fax, focus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (to shine). Cognate with Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, to shine).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /faˈkeː.tus/, [faˈkeː.tʊs]

Adjective

facētus m (feminine facēta, neuter facētum); first/second declension

  1. elegant, fine
  2. courteous, polite
  3. witty, jocose, facetious

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative facētus facēta facētum facētī facētae facēta
genitive facētī facētae facētī facētōrum facētārum facētōrum
dative facētō facētō facētīs
accusative facētum facētam facētum facētōs facētās facēta
ablative facētō facētā facētō facētīs
vocative facēte facēta facētum facētī facētae facēta

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