Dictionary formfacies, faciei(feminine)
Translation
face, countenance; appearance, form
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular |
|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | facies |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | facies |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | faciem |
| Genitiveof | faciei |
| Dativeto, for | faciei |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | facie |
Examples
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His face was bright.
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He turned his face to the ground.
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I saw joy in his face.
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They spoke face to face.
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The whole appearance of things was changed.
Facies, faciei, f., fifth declension, and like most of that declension it is thin in the plural, where only the nominative and accusative facies are common. From facio, so the root sense is "made shape, form" and "face" is a narrowing of it: the appearance a thing presents to you. That is why facies also means the general look of a place, an army, a situation.
Against vultus it is the physical face rather than the expression on it. Church Latin then leans on it hard, calquing the Hebrew idiom: ante faciem Domini for "in the presence of the Lord", facie ad faciem for "face to face". Neither is classical, and both are everywhere in this corpus. English face comes through Old French, and superficies, superficial, facade and facet all sit on the same noun.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 4: facies, sacerdos, donum and 7 more words.