faciēs
Definitiones
- make, form, shape, figure, configuration
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a particular face, countenance or visage Classical-Latin, declension-5, usually
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external form, look, condition, appearance Classical-Latin, declension-5, figuratively
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external appearance as opposed to reality; pretence, pretext Classical-Latin, declension-5, figuratively
- look, sight, aspect
- beauty, loveliness
Aequivalentia
Exempla
“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
Gradus CEFR
B1
Medius
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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