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                    "description": "făcĭes (noun F) : (old form facies, rarely facii, Gell. 8, 14, 1:\n* Facie,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 36; dat. facie, facii, Gell. l. l.; plur. very rare; nom. and acc. facies, Vulg. Thren. 5, 12; id. Jer. 42, 12; dat. faciebus, Hier. Eph. 3, 5), f. root fa- of fari, strengthened fac-; cf. fax, facetus.\n* Orig., make, form, configuration, figure, shape.\n* In gen. (= universa corporis forma; cf.: figura, species): Quidam faciem esse hominis putant os tantum et oculos et genas, quod Graeci προσωπον dicunt: quando facies sit forma omnis et modus et factura quaedam corporis totius, etc., Gell. 13, 29: Sardinia in Africo mari facie vestigii humani, Sall. H. ap. Gell. l. l.; Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 151 sq.; cf. Non. 52, 27 sq.: non est formosa, cujus crus laudatur aut brachium, sed illa, cujus universa facies admirationem singulis partibus abstulit,Sen. Ep. 33; cf. Lucr. 5, 1169 sq.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 87.\n* Trop., external form, look, condition, appearance (class.): set qua faciest tuus sodalis,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 113; id. Rud. 2, 7, 7: fateantur, in Maeandrii persona esse expressam faciem civitatis,Cic. Fl. 22, 13; cf.: (C. Popilius) senatus faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque Populi Romani,id. Phil. 8, 8, 23: una senum facies, cum voce trementia membra, etc.,Juv. 10, 198: quibus rebus immutata facies urbis erat,Sall. C. 31, 1: loci,Tac. A. 4, 67: formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14; Quint. 3, 6, 88; 4, 1, 42 Spald.: quarum (causarum) varia ac nova semper est facies,id. 2, 4, 28: plures eloquentiae facies,id. 12, 10, 69: (inventiunculae) facie ingenii blandiuntur,id. 8, 5, 22: nec ulla facies mali erat,Curt. 3, 11, 22: ad istam faciem est morbus qui me macerat,has that form, is of such a nature,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 73.\n* In partic., face, visage, countenance (most freq. in class. Lat.; syn.: os, vultus, frons, lineamenta): facies homini tantum: ceteris os aut rostra,Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138: in facie vultuque nostro cum sint decem aut paulo plura membra, etc.,id. 7, 1, 1, § 8: non quaeruntur ea, quae nobis non possumus fingere, facies, vultus, sonus,Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127: prorsus in facie vultuque vecordia inerat,Sall. C. 15, 5: qua facie, qua statura,Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41: uretur facies; urentur sole capilli,Tib. 1, 9, 15: cf. id. 1, 5, 43: sumit utrumque Inde habitum facies,Juv. 9, 20: peregrina,Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 9; cf.: affers faciem novam,Cic. Fl. 29, 70: liberali (homo),Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 20: egregiā (virgo),of rare beauty,id. Phorm. 1, 2, 50: hispida,Hor. C. 4, 10, 5: cicatricosa,Quint. 4, 1, 61: adversa,id. 2, 13, 9: curvo nec faciem litore demovet,Hor. C. 4, 5, 14: de facie quidem nosti,Cic. Pis. 32, 81: recta facie loqui,i. e. boldly,Juv. 6, 401 et saep.—Poet.: cura dabit faciem, facies neglecta peribit,a beautiful face, beauty,Ov. A. A. 3, 105.— Prov.: perfricare faciem, to lay aside shame, Plin. H. N. praef. § 4; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 160.\n* In partic., in Tac. for the class. species, external appearance, as opposed to reality, a pretence, pretext; publici consilii facie (= specie), Tac. H. 2, 54; id. A. 13, 28; Amm. 20, 5.\n* Transf., poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for the class. aspectus, look, sight, aspect: quae scelerum   facies? Verg. A. 6, 560: subita,Sil. 7, 367: decora,Plin. Pan. 56, 5: memoranda,id. ib. 35, 1: foeda,id. ib. 82, 8: vineae unam faciem contexunt,id. Ep. 5, 6, 9: exceptio, quae prima facie justa videatur,at first sight,Gai. Inst. 4, 1: prima facie,Dig. 16, 1, 13; Sen. Ep. 87, 1; id. Contr. 5, 10, 15."
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