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resort to every expedient

  • 1 facies

    făcĭes, ēi (old form facies, rarely facii, Gell. 8, 14, 1:

    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].
    I.
    Orig., make, form, configuration, figure, shape.
    A.
    In gen. (= universa corporis forma; cf.: figura, species): Quidam faciem esse hominis putant os tantum et oculos et genas, quod Graeci prosôpon 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.—
    2.
    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. —
    3.
    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.—
    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.
    II.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for the class. aspectus, look, sight, aspect: quae scelerum [p. 715] 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > facies

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