făcētĭa | făcētĭae (noun F) : facetus; cf.: argutiae, deliciae
* A jest, witticism; drollery, piece of humor.
* Sing. (ante- and post-class.): haec facetiast, amare inter se rivalis duos, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 47: jocularis,Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 21: facetia sermonis Plauto congruentis,Gell. 3, 3, 3: facetiae habere, res divinas deridere,App. Mag. 56, p. 310, 27.
* Plur.: , ārum.
* A witty or clever thing in action or behavior (Plautin.): mulier, quoi facetiarum cor corpusque sit plenum et doli,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186: fecisti, here, facetias, quom, etc.,id. Stich. 5, 2, 7.
* Wit, witty sayings, witticisms, pleasantry, drollery, humor, facetiousness (class.; syn.: sal, dicacitas, cavillatio, lepos, urbanitas, comitas): (sales), quorum duo genera sunt, unum facetiarum, alterum dicacitatis,Cic. Or. 26, 87: cum duo genera sint facetiarum ... illa a veteribus superior cavillatio, haec altera dicacitas nominata est,id. de Or. 2, 54, 218: facetiis autem maxime homines delectari, si quando risus conjuncte, re verboque moveatur,id. ib. 2, 61, 248: P. Scipio omnes sale facetiisque superabat,id. Brut. 34, 128: festivitate et facetiis C. Julius et superioribus et aequalibus suis omnibus praestitit,id. ib. 48, 177: sale tuo et lepore et politissimis facetiis pellexisti,id. de Or. 1, 57, 243: accedat oportet lepos quidam facetiaeque,id. ib. 1, 5, 17; cf.: dulces Latini leporis facetiae,Vell. 1, 17, 1: facetiarum quidam lepos,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159: facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,id. Att 1, 13, 2: ego mirifice capior facetiis, maxime nostratibus (corresp. to sales),id. Fam. 9, 15, 2: asperis facetiis illusus,sarcasms,Tac. A. 15, 68; cf. acerbae,id. ib. 5, 2: per facetias incusare aliquem,id. ib. 14, 1.

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