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+ {{homograph|1|done, made}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfak.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfak.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''factus''' (feminine facta, neuter factum); first/second-declension participle^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The adjective is the perfect passive participle of [[faciō]] “to make, do”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨faciō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*fak-i-]], from [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁-k-|t=to make]], an extension of [[m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its earliest source is Plautus, who has the comparative in ''factius nīlō facit'' “he does no better”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ As an adjective it meant that has happened, true; already done, already made or formed, as in Cicero; and achieved, secured, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)
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+ It survives as Italian ''fatto'', French ''fait'', Spanish ''hecho'', Portuguese ''feito'' and Catalan ''fet''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of what has happened.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # That has happened, true.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Already done, made or formed.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Achieved, secured.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[factum]]
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+ {{homograph|2|olive pressing (noun)}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfak.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfak.tus]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''factus''' ''m'' (genitive factūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Varro and Columella also have a neuter ''factum'' in this sense.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The noun is [[af|la|faciō|-tus|t1=to make]], a verbal noun of the fourth declension.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its earliest source is Cato's ''Dē agrī cultūrā'', of the quantity of oil from one pressing.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a pressing of olives, the quantity pressed at one time, as in Cato and Columella, and Varro uses it of a making, building, style of construction.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Medieval Latin it was an agricultural holding comparable to the ''mansus''.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of an olive pressing.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of building.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A pressing of [[m|en|olive|alt=olives]], the quantity pressed at one time.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A making, building, style of construction.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An agricultural holding like a [[m|en|manse]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[faciō]]
+ * [[factiō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}