factura Latin · revision 9180

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fakˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [fakˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''factūra''' ''f'' (genitive factūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[faciō]] “to make” with the suffix [[-tūra]], translating Greek ⟨poiēsis⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Pliny the Elder, of working metal.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Pliny the Elder 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the working of a metal, as in Pliny the Elder, and the make or fashion of a thing, as in Gellius.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is post-Augustan and very rare, and Prudentius uses it of a work, a creature.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant creation, a creature, man, and make, texture.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for making, manufacture.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''fattura'' and Spanish ''hechura'', and through Anglo-French ''feture'' it gave [[en|feature]] in the late 14th century, “make, bodily form”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of metalwork.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of make.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''feature'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A making, working.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Make, fashion.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Christian Latin)'' A creature, creation.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[faciō]]

+ * [[factum]]

+ * [[en|feature]]

+ * [[en|facture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}