I.v. intens. a. and n. facio, like capesso from capio.
I. Act., to do eagerly or earnestly, to despatch, perform, execute, accomplish.
A. In gen. (mostly poet.): latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 ed. Vahl.): dicta, Afran. ap. Non. 306, 26; cf.: “jussa facessunt,” Verg. A. 4, 295: “matris praecepta facessit,” id. G. 4, 548: “mille facesse jocos,” Ov. A. A. 3, 367: “dictum facessas doctum,” bring to an end, be done with, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 24.—
B. In partic., in a bad sense, to bring on, cause, occasion, create (Ciceron.): “de temeritate eorum, qui tibi negotium facesserent,” Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 1: cf. in the pass.: “si cui forte hac lege negotium facessetur,” id. Clu. 57, 158; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 142: “innocenti periculum,” id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45; Tac. H. 4, 43: “rem facesso,” Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 17.—
II. Neutr., sc. se, to go away, retire, depart (class.): vos facessite, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 29 (Trag. v. 191 ed. Vahl.): “ab omni societate rei publicae paulisper facessant,” Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39: “propere ex urbe, ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,” Liv. 6, 17, 8: aedibus, Titin. ap. Non. 306, 31: cf.: “propere urbe finibusque,” Liv. 4, 58, 7: “hinc,” id. 4, 58, 33; Afran. ib. 307, 3; cf.: “hinc Tarquinios,” Liv. 1, 47, 5: “operae facessant, servitia sileant,” Cic. Fl. 38 fin.: “facessere interim privatam amicitiam jubet, cum mandata patriae intercedant,” to be at an end, Just. 34, 4.—In a play upon the two meanings (cf. I. A.): Tr. Ego opinor rem facesso. Gr. Si quidem sis pudicus, hinc facessas, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 19 sq.
