facesso

Latin

Etymology

From faciō (“I do, make”) +‎ -essō. See also factō, factitō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faˈkes.soː/, [fäˈkɛs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈt͡ʃes.so/, [fäˈt͡ʃɛsːo]

Verb

facessō (present infinitive facessere, perfect active facessī, supine facessītum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to do, despatch, perform, fulfill, execute or accomplish eagerly

   Synonyms: perpetrō, dēfungor, cōnficiō, perficiō, agō, cumulō, absolvō, inclūdō, claudō, conclūdō, condō, expleō, fungor, patrō, nāvō, exsequor, trānsigō, gerō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.294–295:

     [...] Ōcius omnēs / imperiō laetī pārent ac iussa facessunt.

     Straightaway everyone gladly submits to his command, and that which he has ordered they eagerly accomplish.

2. (intransitive) to go away, retire, depart

   Synonyms: dēcēdō, discēdō, cēdō, deficiō, concēdō, excēdō, subtrahō, subdūcō, inclīnō, recēdō, regredior, āmoveō, recipiō, referō, vertō

   Antonyms: prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, ēvehō, incēdō, accēdō, adeō

Conjugation

Conjugation of facessō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	facessō	facessis	facessit	facessimus	facessitis	facessunt
	imperfect	facessēbam	facessēbās	facessēbat	facessēbāmus	facessēbātis	facessēbant
	future	facessam	facessēs	facesset	facessēmus	facessētis	facessent
	perfect	facessī	facessistī	facessit	facessimus	facessistis	facessērunt, facessēre
	pluperfect	facesseram	facesserās	facesserat	facesserāmus	facesserātis	facesserant
	future perfect	facesserō	facesseris	facesserit	facesserimus	facesseritis	facesserint
passive	present	facessor	facesseris, facessere	facessitur	facessimur	facessiminī	facessuntur
	imperfect	facessēbar	facessēbāris, facessēbāre	facessēbātur	facessēbāmur	facessēbāminī	facessēbantur
	future	facessar	facessēris, facessēre	facessētur	facessēmur	facessēminī	facessentur
	perfect	facessītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	facessītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	facessītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	facessam	facessās	facessat	facessāmus	facessātis	facessant
	imperfect	facesserem	facesserēs	facesseret	facesserēmus	facesserētis	facesserent
	perfect	facesserim	facesserīs	facesserit	facesserīmus	facesserītis	facesserint
	pluperfect	facessissem	facessissēs	facessisset	facessissēmus	facessissētis	facessissent
passive	present	facessar	facessāris, facessāre	facessātur	facessāmur	facessāminī	facessantur
	imperfect	facesserer	facesserēris, facesserēre	facesserētur	facesserēmur	facesserēminī	facesserentur
	perfect	facessītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	facessītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	facesse	—	—	facessite	—
	future	—	facessitō	facessitō	—	facessitōte	facessuntō
passive	present	—	facessere	—	—	facessiminī	—
	future	—	facessitor	facessitor	—	—	facessuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		facessere	facessisse	facessītūrum esse	facessī	facessītum esse	facessītum īrī
participles		facessēns	—	facessītūrus	—	facessītus	facessendus, facessundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		facessendī	facessendō	facessendum	facessendō	facessītum	facessītū

References

• “facesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “facesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• facesso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• facesso in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give a person trouble, inconvenience him: negotium alicui facessere (Fam. 3. 10. 1)