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, abscēdō, 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		facessere			facessī			facessēns			—
future		facessītūrum esse			facessītum īrī			facessītūrus			facessendus, facessundus
perfect		facessisse			facessītum esse			—			facessītus
future perfect		—			facessītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		facessītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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 (2003-2025), 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)