facultas
See also: facultás
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *fakelitāts, related to facilis. Doublet of facilitās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /faˈkul.taːs/, [fäˈkʊɫ̪t̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faˈkul.tas/, [fäˈkul̪t̪äs]
Noun
facultās f (genitive facultātis); third declension
- ability, skill
- (in the plural) means, resources
- opportunity, chance
- Synonyms: opportūnitās, occāsiō
- faculty (group of teachers)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | facultās | facultātēs |
| Genitive | facultātis | facultātum |
| Dative | facultātī | facultātibus |
| Accusative | facultātem | facultātēs |
| Ablative | facultāte | facultātibus |
| Vocative | facultās | facultātēs |
Descendants
- English: faculty
- French: faculté
- Italian: facoltà
- Piedmontese: facoltà
- Portuguese: faculdade
- Romanian: facultate
- Sicilian: facurtati, facurtà
- Spanish: facultad
- Albanian: fakulltet
References
- “facultas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “facultas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- facultas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- facultas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
- to deprive a man of the chance of doing a thing: facultatem, potestatem alicui eripere, adimere
- no opportunity of carrying out an object presents itself: nulla est facultas alicuius rei
- oratorical talent: facultas dicendi
- to be very rich: opibus, divitiis, bonis, facultatibus abundare
- to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
- facultas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Verb
facultas
- second-person singular present indicative of facultar
Spanish
Verb
facultas
- second-person singular present indicative of facultar