Meaning of faciēs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. make, form, shape, figure, configuration
   declension-5, usually
2. a particular face, countenance or visage
   Classical-Latin, declension-5, usually
3. external form, look, condition, appearance
   Classical-Latin, declension-5, figuratively
4. external appearance as opposed to reality; pretence, pretext
   Classical-Latin, declension-5, figuratively
5. look, sight, aspect
   Classical-Latin, declension-5, figuratively, poetic
6. beauty, loveliness
   declension-5

Equivalents

Examples

“verte omnes tete in facies”

resort to every expedient (literally, “change yourself in every shape”)

“Terra autem erat inānis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssī: et spīritus Deī ferēbātur super aquās.”

And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

“in faciem + (genitive)”

like, in the guise of

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