fact Copy link Outline I. Actual circumstance, reality (q. v.)II. Deed, transaction • fact: I. Actual circumstance, reality (q. v.): res, rĕi, f.: we ought to consider the f., not mere words, rem spectari non verba oportet, Cic.: let us ascertain, not merely all f.s, but even rumours, non modo res omnes, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus, Cic.: they say that these are gods not in f. but in mere opinion, hos deos non re sed opinione esse dicunt, Cic. II. Deed, transaction: factum: to pass from fables to f.s, ut a fabulis ad facta veniamus, Cic.: a question of f., controversia facti, Cic. Phr.: such being the f.s of the case, quae cum ita sint, Cic.: Caes.
FACT Copy link • FACTfactum. This is a fact, or I know this to be a fact, hoc certo auctore comperi. Facts, res (plur.); facta (plur.). The composition of a history depends upon the facts and the words used to convey them, exaedificatio historiae posita est rebus et verbis: to pass from fables to facts, ut jam a fabulis ad facta veniamus: the fact being undisputed, cum esset controversia nulla facti (of the act having been committed). In fact, revera: reapse: re et veritate (really, not merely in words): sane, profecto (as a form of asseveration) :