factio

factiō ōnis, f

2 FAC-, a making, doing, preparing : testamenti, the right to make a will.—A taking sides, partisanship, faction : per vim et factionem: nobilitas factione magis pollebat, party organization , S.— A company, association, class, order, sect, faction, party : paucorum, Cs.: mors partium et factionum, S.: in singulis domibus factiones sunt, Cs.: factionum partes, Ph. — An oligarchy, usurping faction : triginta illorum: princeps factionis, L.