factiosus Latin · revision 32916

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰh₁-k-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fak.tiˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [fak.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''factiōsus''' (feminine factiōsa, neuter factiōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|factiō|-ōsus|t1=faction, party]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|factiō]] is a noun of [[facio|alt=faciō]] “to make, do”, which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*fak-i-]] and [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁-k-|t=to make]], from the root [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008) Varro explained it from doing things together, as he explained [[axitiosus|alt=axitiōsae]] from acting together, and Festus says both were used of people doing something jointly.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has busy tongues and idle hands, and a man described as rich and influential.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first busy or active, then having a powerful following or connections, influential.^(OLD 2012) From that it is belonging to or forming a faction, factious or turbulent: Cicero writes of men who become bribers and party men to gain the greatest power.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it classical and give ''sēditiōsus'', ''turbulentus'' and ''praepotēns'' as related words.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it quarrelsome,^(Stelten 1995) and in Medieval Latin it is a person engaged in a feud.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a busy tongue and an influential man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of factious men seeking power.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Busy, active.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Having a powerful following, [[m|en|influential]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|factious|alt=Factious]], [[m|en|seditious]], turbulent; quarrelsome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, as a noun)'' One engaged in a [[m|en|feud]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[factio|alt=factiō]]

+ * [[seditiosus|alt=sēditiōsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}