Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhucfecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.
As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, you shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hithertodone, though you shall not perceive them.
Facere renders a sense of doing or making with respect to a specific instance of so doing or making; for more continuative senses of doing or making, compareagō,agitō andgerō. InLate andMedieval Latin the verb was used with infinitives to form causative constructions (e.g., cf. Englishfieri facias, from Medieval Latinfierīfaciās), which arecalques from (Proto-)Romance consideredinappropriate inClassical Latin.
1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used byOld Latin writers; most notablyPlautus andTerence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb. 2Old Latin.
Passive
If one were to follow the Proto-Italic verb*fakjō,*fakjezi, the passive would be**facior,**facī in the present. However, these forms are not attested before or during the Classical period.
“facio”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“facio”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"facio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[2], London:Macmillan and Co.
to light, make a fire:ignem facere, accendere
to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks):ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)
(1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare):iter facere
to travel together:una iter facere
to take a step:gradum facere
to put an end to one's life:vitae finem facere
to perform the last rites for a person:iusta facere, solvere alicui
to carry out the funeral obsequies:funus alicui facere, ducere (Cluent. 9. 28)
to commence a thing:initium facere, ducere, sumere (alicuius rei)
to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing:finem facere alicuius rei
what am I to do with this fellow:quid huic homini (alsohoc homine)faciam?
to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing:potestatem,copiam alicui dare, facere with Gen. gerund.
to run a risk; to tempt Providence:fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)
to make trial of; to risk:periculum facere alicuius rei
to try one's strength with the enemy; to try issue of battle:periculum hostis facere
to raise a man from poverty to wealth:aliquem ex paupere divitem facere
to suffer loss, harm, damage.[2:damnum (opp.lucrum)facere
to suffer loss, harm, damage:detrimentum capere, accipere, facere
to throw away, sacrifice:iacturamalicuius rei facere
to do any one a (great) favour:gratum (gratissimum) alicui facere
to carry out order:iussa (usually only in plur.),imperata facere
to form a friendship with any one:amicitiam cum aliquo jungere, facere, inire, contrahere
you were right in...; you did right to..:recte, bene fecisti quod...
to inform a person:certiorem facere aliquem (alicuius rei orde aliqua re)
to mention a thing:mentionem facere alicuius rei orde aliqua re
to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour:infamem facere aliquem
to do work (especially agricultural):opusfacere (De Senect. 7. 24)
to infer by comparison, judge one thing by another:coniecturam alicuius rei facere orcapere ex aliqua re
to judge others by oneself:de se (ex se de aliis) coniecturam facere
I put myself at your disposal as regards advice:consilii mei copiam facio tibi
to retard, delay a thing:moram alicui rei afferre, inferre, facere
to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain:adversante et repugnante natura orinvitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)
to make progress in a subject:in aliqua re progressus facere, proficere, progredi
to demonstrate, make a thing clear:aliquid planum facere (Ad Herenn. 2. 5)
to criticise:iudicium facere
to write poetry:poema condere, facere, componere
to write poetry:versus facere, scribere
to compose, put to music:modos facere
to make a marble statue:simulacrum e marmore facere
to elicit loud applause:clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
to give public games in honour of Jupiter:ludos facere, edere (Iovi)
to address a meeting of the people:verba facere apudpopulum, in contione
to begin to speak:initium dicendi facere
to cease speaking:finem dicendi facere
to obtain a hearing:audientiam sibi (orationi) facere
to introduce a person (into a dialogue) discoursing on..:aliquem disputantem facere, inducere, fingere (est aliquid apud aliquem disputans)
to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully:multa verba facere
to not say a word:nullum (omnino) verbum facere
to say not a syllable about a person:ne verbum (withoutunum)quidem de aliquo facere
to speak on a subject:verba facere (de aliqua re, apud aliquem)
to invent, form words:verba parere, fingere, facere
to cause a person pain:dolorem alicui facere, afferre, commovere
to succeed in encouraging a person:animum facere, addere alicui
to inspire any one with hope:spem alicui facere, afferre, inicere
to cause oneself to be expected:exspectationemsui facere, commovere
to make some one believe a thing:fidem alicuius rei facere alicui
to make a thing credible:fidem facere, afferre alicui rei (opp.demere, de-, abrogare fidem)
to be security for some one:sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo
to commit crime:scelus facere, committere
to do a criminal deed:facinus facere, committere
to wrong a person:iniuriam inferre, facere alicui
to use violence against some one:vim adhibere, facere alicui
to waylay a person:insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
to do one's duty:officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
to set a limit to a thing:modum facere, statuere, constituere alicui rei oralicuius rei
to commit perjury, perjure oneself:periurium facere; peierare
to pray:preces facere
to make a vow:vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere
to sacrifice:sacra, sacrificium facere (ἱερὰ ῥέζειν), sacrificare
to sacrifice:rem divinam facere (dis)
to hold a lectisternium:lectisternium facere, habere (Liv. 22. 1. 18)
to spend money on an object:sumptum facere, insumere in aliquid
to become a friend and guest of a person:hospitium cum aliquo facere, (con-)iungere
to associate with some one:societatem inire, facere cum aliquo
to give audience to some one:sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui
to give audience to some one:colloquendi copiam facere, dare
to separate from, divorce (of the man):divortium facere cum uxore
to make a will:testamentum facere, conscribere
to annul, revoke a will:testamentum irritum facere, rumpere
to appoint some one as heir in one's will:aliquem heredem testamento scribere, facere
to be engaged in commerce, wholesale business:mercaturam facere
to make money:quaestum facere (Fam. 15. 14)
to have a large income from a thing (e.g. from mines):magnas pecunias ex aliqua re (e.g.ex metallis)facere
to transfer a debt:versuram facere (Att. 5. 21. 12)
to be a banker:argentariam facere (Verr. 5. 59. 155)
to book a debt:nomina facere orin tabulas referre
to do something after careful calculation:inita subductaque ratione aliquid facere
to compute the total of anything:summam facere alicuius rei
to make profit out of a thing:lucrum facere (opp.damnum facere)ex aliqua re
to incur debts:aes alienum (always in sing.)facere, contrahere
to build a tower:turrim excitare, erigere, facere
to build a bridge over a river:pontem facere in flumine
to look after the sowing:sementem facere (B. G. 1. 3. 1)
as you sow, so will you reap:ut sementem feceris, ita metes (proverb.) (De Or. 2. 65)
to reap:messem facere
to rear stock:rem pecuariam facere, exercere (cf. Varr R. R. 2. 1)
to make laws (of a legislator):leges scribere, facere, condere, constituere (notdare)
to take some one's side:cum aliquo facere (Sull. 13. 36)
to be guilty of high treason:contra rem publicam facere
to cause a rebellion:seditionem facere, concitare
to form a conspiracy:coniurationem facere (Catil. 2. 4. 6)
to embezzle money:peculatum facere (Rab. Perd. 3. 8)
to take the vote (by division):discessionem facere (Sest. 34. 74)
to go unpunished:impune fecisse, tulisse aliquid
to serve:stipendia facere, merere
to cause a war:bellum facere, movere, excitare
to commence hostilities:bellum incipere, belli initium facere (B. G. 7. 1. 5)
to put an end to war:belli finem facere, bellum finire
to march:iter facere
to raise a rampart, earthwork:vallum iacere, exstruere, facere
to make an inroad into hostile territory:excursionem in hostium agros facere
to raise siege-works:opera facere
to make a sally, sortie from the town:eruptionem facere ex oppido
to make a sally, sortie from the town:crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)
to break into the town:in oppidum irruptionem facere
to offer battle to the enemy:potestatem, copiam pugnandi hostibus facere
to accept battle:potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, noteaudientia...)
to give battle:proelium facere
to give battle with a cavalry-division:proelium equestre facere
to fight successfully:proelium facere secundum
to attack the enemy:invadere, impetumfacere in hostem
to form a square:orbemfacere (Sall. Iug. 97. 5)
to draw up troops in a wedge-formation:cuneum facere (Liv. 22. 47)
to form a phalanx:phalangem facere (B. G. 1. 24)
(1) to put to flight, (2) to take to flight:fugam facere (Sall. Iug. 53)
to massacre:stragem edere, facere
to make a truce:indutias facere (Phil. 8. 7)
to make peace with some one:pacem facere cum aliquo
to conclude a treaty with some one:pactionem facere cum aliquo (Sall. Iug. 40)
to conclude a treaty, an alliance:foedus facere (cum aliquo), icere, ferire
to reduce a country to subjection to oneself:terram suae dicionis facere
to build a ship, a fleet:navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere
to set the sails:vela facere, pandere
to be shipwrecked:naufragium facere
to land, disembark:escensionem facere (of troops)
to fight a battle at sea:pugnam navalem facere
to sum up..:ut eorum, quae dixi, summam faciam
(ambiguous) to meet some one by chance:obvium orobviam esse, obviam fieri
(ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor:sui iuris factum esse
(ambiguous) he feels better:melius ei factum est
(ambiguous) what will become of him:quid illo fiet?
(ambiguous) to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things):foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
(ambiguous) to be the talk of the town, a scandal:fabulam fieri
(ambiguous) to become famous, distinguish oneself:clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classicalclarescere orinclarescere
(ambiguous) to be born for a thing, endowed by nature for it:natum, factum esse ad aliquid (faciendum)
(ambiguous) a work of art:artis opus; opus arte factum orperfectum
(ambiguous) a master-piece of classical work:opus summo artificio[TR1] factum
(ambiguous) to be a born orator:natum, factum esse ad dicendum
(ambiguous) what will become of me:quid (de) me fiet? (Ter. Heaut. 4. 3. 37)
(ambiguous) to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish:voti damnari, compotem fieri
(ambiguous) what is going on? how are you getting on:quid agitur? quid fit?
(ambiguous) as usually happens:ut fit, ita ut fit, ut fere fit
(ambiguous) as usually happens:ut solet, ut fieri solet
