factito

factĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [facto], to make or do frequently, to be wont to make or do, to practise (class.; syn.: tracto, facio, reddo).

I.

In gen.:

stultitia'st, me illi vitio vortere. Egomet quod factitavi in adolescentia,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 50:

verba compone et quasi coagmenta, quod ne Graeci quidem veteres factitaverunt,

Cic. Brut. 17, 68; Quint. 12, 3, 4:

haec apud majores nostros factitata,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

alterum factitatum est, alterum novum,

id. Or. 42, 143:

accusationem,

id. Brut. 34, 130:

neque eorum quicquam omittere quae artifices factitarent,

Suet. Ner. 20;

simulacra ex ea arbore,

Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61; cf.:

capulos inde (ex gemma),

id. 37, 6, 23, § 87:

inducias cum aliquo,

Gell. 19, 5, 10.—

II.

In partic.

A.

With double acc., to make or declare a person something:

quem palam heredem semper factitarat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41.—

B.

To practise a trade or profession: artem, Poëta ap. Cic. Or. 43, 147:

medicinam,

Quint. 7, 2, 26:

coactiones argentarias,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

vecturas onerum corpore suo,

Gell. 5, 3:

delationes,

Tac. H. 2, 10.—

C.

Esp. with access. notion of vain effort or failure:

nec satis apparet cur versus factitet,

Hor. A. P. 470:

carmina in principem,

Tac. A. 6, 45 (39); 14, 48.