faculty Copy link Outline I. Power to act1. făcultas2. vis, vim, vi, f. (special force or virtue)II. In pl., the f.s of the mindIII. University t. t. • faculty: I. Power to act: 1. făcultas: the f. of speaking, f. dicendi, Cic.: virtues which have their seat in a certain f. of the soul, virtutes quae in ingenii quadam facultate sunt, Cic. 2. vis, vim, vi, f. (special force or virtue): the special f. of the orator, oratoris vis propria, Cic.: v. function. II. In pl., the f.s of the mind: vires ingenii, or simply ingenium, mens: v. mind. III. University t. t.: *ordo, ĭnis, m.: (Kr.): the f. of physicians, *ordo medicorum, medicinae professorum. (Facultas is without analogy in class. Lat.)