English

Noun

factum ‎(plural facta or factums)

1. (law) Somebody's own act and deed.
   1. (law, civil law) Anything stated and made certain.
   2. (law) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.
   3. (law, Canada) A statement of fact and law delivered before a court
      • 2009, January 31, “Isabel Teotonio”, in Police mole trapped teen, court told:

        But according to a factum filed by Crown prosecutors, Shaikh's status was "confidential informer," therefore RCMP did not direct him about what to do at the camp.

2. (engineering) The product, in multiplication.

Latin

Etymology

Supine of faciō; neuter past participle active of fieri.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfak.tum/

Noun

factum n ‎(genitive factī); second declension

1. fact, deed, act
2. achievement

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

Verb

factum

1. supine of faciō

Participle

factum

1. nominative neuter singular of factus
2. accusative masculine singular of factus
3. accusative neuter singular of factus
4. vocative neuter singular of factus

References

• factum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• factum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FACTUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “factum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) he feels better: melius ei factum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to be born for a thing, endowed by nature for it: natum, factum esse ad aliquid (faciendum)
    
  • (ambiguous) to pass from myth to history: ut a fabulis ad facta veniamus
    
  • (ambiguous) a work of art: artis opus; opus arte factum or perfectum
    
  • (ambiguous) a master-piece of classical work: opus summo artificio[TR1] factum
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a born orator: natum, factum esse ad dicendum
    
  • (ambiguous) to make virtue the standard in every thought and act: omnia consilia et facta ad virtutem referre (Phil. 10. 10. 20)
    
  • (ambiguous) a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
    
  • (ambiguous) to congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience: conscientia recte factorum erigi
    
  • (ambiguous) thought and deed: consilia et facta (cf. sect. X. 1, note For 'thoughts and deeds'...)
    
  • (ambiguous) silver plate: argentum (factum) (Verr. 5. 25. 63)
    
  • (ambiguous) the rate of interest has gone up from 4 per cent to 8 per cent: fenus ex triente Id. Quint. factum erat bessibus (Att. 4. 15. 7)
    
  • (ambiguous) to advance to the walls protected by a covering of shields: testudine facta moenia subire (B. G. 2. 6)
    
  • (ambiguous) after capitulation: deditione facta (Sall. Iug. 26)
    
  • (ambiguous) there was great slaughter of fugitives: magna caedes hostium fugientium facta est
    
  • (ambiguous) Asia was made subject to Rome: Asia populi Romani facta est