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|lshtext=<b>făcĭes</b>: ēi (old form [[facies]], [[rarely]] facii, Gell. 8, 14, 1:<br /><b>I</b> 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]].<br /><b>I</b> Orig., [[make]], form, [[configuration]], [[figure]], [[shape]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things: Dae. Dicito, [[quid]] insit, et [[qua]] facie, memorato onmia ... Pa. Sunt [[crepundia]]. Dae. Qua facie sunt? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 105 and 111: curvata in montis faciem circumstetit [[unda]], Verg. G. 4, 361: haec [[facies]] Trojae, cum caperetur, erat, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 26; cf. urbium, Plin. Ep. 2, 17 fin.: [[antequam]] [[Vesuvius]] faciem loci verteret, Tac. A. 4, 67: arboris, Plin. 12, 14, 31, § 55: vehiculi, Gell. 15, 30, 3: [[alia]] [[illi]] caeli, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 58: ossa contusa in faciem pulveris, Gell. 10, 18, 3: longa quibus [[facies]] [[ovis]] erit, Hor. S. 2, 4, 12 et saep. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prov.: verte omnes [[tete]] in [[facies]], i. e. [[resort]] to [[every]] [[expedient]] (an [[expression]] borrowed from, and alluding to, the changes of [[Proteus]]), Verg. A. 12, 891.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.

|georg=faciēs, ēi, f. (zu [[facio]]; vgl. Gell. 13, 30 od. 29, 2), das Gemächt, I) abstr.: 1) übh. die [[äußere]] [[Beschaffenheit]], das [[Äußere]], das [[Aussehen]], [[Ansehen]], der [[Anblick]], die [[äußere]] [[Erscheinung]], das [[Bild]] (s. Fabri Sall. Iug. 15, 1), a) leb. [[Wesen]]: hominis, Ter.: Illyrica hominis, Plaut.: reorum, Liv.: cadaverosa, Ter.: decora, Sall.: faciem (dem Äußeren [[nach]]) tauro [[propior]], Verg.: quem ne de facie [[quidem]] [[nosti]], Cic.: [[senatus]] faciem [[secum]] attulerat, hatte in seiner [[Person]] den S. dargestellt, Cic. – b) lebl. Ggstde.: locorum, Ov.: ripae, Curt.: [[maris]], Verg.: imminentis periculi, Curt.: [[forma]] ipsa et [[tamquam]] [[facies]] honesti, Cic.: [[ceterum]] [[facies]] [[totius]] negotii (Kampfesarbeit) [[varia]], incerta, foeda [[atque]] [[miserabilis]], Sall.: facie (poma Tiburtia) praestant, [[sie]] [[sehen]] [[nur]] schöner aus, Hor.: [[sub]] his per [[latus]] omne vineae porriguntur unamque faciem [[longe]] lateque contexunt, Plin. ep.: [[pro]] me est repentina [[eius]] (coloris) [[facies]] ([[Erscheinung]]) et [[repentinus]] [[interitus]] (Verschwinden), Sen.: quorum nullum est [[tam]] mirabile [[quam]] primā facie (dem ersten [[Anschein]] [[nach]]) videtur, Sen.: u. so dicebat quosdam colores primā facie duros, Sen. rhet. – 2) insbes.: a) ([[wie]] [[species]]) die [[Gestaltung]], [[Art]], [[Beschaffenheit]] (s. Mützell Curt. 3, 11 [28], 22), laborum, scelerum, Verg.: in faciem hederae (efeuartig) frondescere, Ov.: [[non]] [[una]] pugnae [[facies]], [[nicht]] [[gleichförmig]] gestaltete [[sich]] der K., Tac.: [[nec]] ulla [[facies]] mali (Jammerszene) [[deerat]], Curt.: quā facie sunt ([[crepundia]])? [[von]] [[welcher]] [[Art]] sind [[sie]]? Plaut.: ad istam faciem, ([[solcher]] [[Gestalt]] od. [[Art]]) est [[morbus]], [[qui]] te macerat, Plaut.: [[ossa]] cineremque [[eius]] mixta odoribus contusaque in faciem [[pulveris]] aquae indidit, Gell. 10, 18, 3. – b) bloßes äußeres, scheinbares [[Ansehen]], [[Schein]], publici consilii facie ([[unter]] dem Sch.), Tac.: facie ingenii blandiri, Quint. – c) schönes, anmutiges [[Ansehen]], [[Schönheit]], [[Anmut]], α) [[einer]] Pers.: Tyndaridis, Verg.: neglecta, Ov.: facie [[spectabilis]], Ov.: [[cura]] dabit faciem, Ov. – β) [[einer]] Örtl.: [[fac]]. loci, Ov. [[met]]. 3, 414. – d) glänzendes [[Ansehen]], [[Glanz]], convenit illis et facie maioris vivere [[census]], Iuven. 7, 137. – II) konkr.: 1) die [[äußere]] [[Gestalt]], [[Figur]], [[Form]], a) leb. [[Wesen]]: deae, Verg.: Homeri, Cic.: nova, Cic.: terribiles [[facies]] Scytharum Bactrianorumque, Curt.: in faciem alcis verti od. [[converti]], Verg.: se in omnes [[facies]] vertere, Verg.: alqm facie cognoscere [[oder]] noscitare, Liv. – b) lebl. Ggstde.: loci, Tac.: locorum, Sall.: vestigii humani, Sall. fr.: litteras facie [[nosse]], Quint.: multarum urbium faciem praestare, Plin. ep.: [[nec]] pingues unam in faciem nascuntur olivae, Verg. – 2) das [[Antlitz]], [[Angesicht]], [[Gesicht]], alcis, Cic. u.a.: rubida, Suet.: cicatricosa, Quint.: contracta (eingeschrumpftes), Plin. ep.: depravata (verzerrtes), Sen.: faciem rasitare, Suet.: faciem quaerere, [[sich]] im einnehmenden [[Mienenspiel]] [[üben]], Prop.: faciem perfricare, sprichw. = die [[Scham]] [[verlieren]], Plin. praef. § 4. Quint. 11, 3, 160. – / [[Alter]] Genet. Sing. [[facies]] u. facii (vgl. Gell. 9, 14, 1 sq.), Claud. Quadr. [[bei]] Gell. 9, 13, 11 u. 9, 14, 3: [[alter]] Genet. facie, Plaut. mil. 1172. – Genet. Plur. facierum, [[Cato]] or. fr. 71 ([[bei]] Prisc. 7, 95). Vulg. (Amiat.) 2. Cor. 1, 11: Nom. u. Akk. Plur. [[facies]], Tert. adv. Iud. 11 (wo Ggstz. posteriora, [[Rückseite]]), [[Hieron]]. epist. 38, 3. Vulg. thren. 5, 12; Ierem. 42, 12 u.a.: Dat. Plur. faciebus, [[Hieron]]. Ephes. 3, 5.

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