Equivalent tofaciō +‎-s.Inherited fromProto-Italic*-faks, from earlier*-θaks, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁k-s, the root noun of*dʰeh₁-k-, an extension of*dʰeh₁-(“to do; to place”). Related to*fakjō.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /feks/,[fɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /feks/,[feks]

-fex m (genitive-ficis);third declension

1. denotes maker or performer

   ‎ars(“art”) + ‎-fex → ‎artifex(“artist”)

   ‎pānis(“bread”) + ‎-fex → ‎pānifex(“bread-maker, baker”)

   ‎aedēs(“building”) + ‎-fex → ‎aedifex(“builder”)

   ‎pōns(“bridge”) + ‎-fex → ‎pontifex(“high priest”, literally“bridge-maker”)

Third-declension noun.

• faciō

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