Latin

Noun

facinus n ‎(genitive facinoris); third declension

1. deed, action
2. especially crime, wickedness, evil deed.

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• facinerōsus/ facinorōsus

Descendants

• Portuguese: facínora

References

• facinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “facinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118)
    
  • to do a criminal deed: facinus facere, committere
    
  • to commit some blameworthy action: facinus, culpam in se admittere