factum
Americannoun
plural
factaEtymology
Origin of factum
From Latin, dating back to 1740–50; see origin at fact
Example Sentences
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As the classic saying goes, “Contra factum non valet argument.”
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2010
Between the Latin factum and the modern English ‘fact’ there was a barrier that had to be crossed: a factum requires an agent, a fact does not.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Then might a new St. Jerome say, with greater force than the former one said of Arianism, “Miratus est orbis se esse factum infallibilistam.”
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Interdum quidem cum proprietate junctum frigidum sanavit calidum; sed id non factum est ratione frigidi, verum ratione naturae alterius, quam a primo illo omnino diversam facimus.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
Itaque mysterio non videtur carere, quod præterea addit quod factum est; subaudi novum et mirabile, ad mundi ipsius statum pertinens, &c. &c.
From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Cornwallis, Caroline Frances
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