The corpus record — Latin

facticius

facticius · adj

made by art

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Where it lives

De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Naturalis Historia 8 · 0.2/10k

What it meant — Lewis & Short

factīcĭus (-tĭus), a, um, adj.facio,

I made by art, artificial, factitious (postAug.).

I In gen.: sal, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: colores, id. 31, 7, 42, § 91; 35, 6, 24, § 40: ladanum (opp. terrenum), id. 12, 17, 37, § 75. —

II In the later grammarians: nomen, formed to imitate the natural sound, onomato - poetic, like tintinnabulum, turtur, Prisc. p. 581 P.

In the wild

facticium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.7.p4
facticiis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.35.p16
facticium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.17.p2
Facticii Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.7.p2
facticium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 34.12.p5
facticium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.17.p2

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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