Favonius
English
Etymology
From Latin Favōnius (“favorable”).
Proper noun
Favonius
- (Roman mythology) The god of the west wind. He is also the husband of Flora and the father of Karpos. He is the Roman counterpart of Zephyrus.
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- Boreas/Septentrio (north), Notos/Auster (south), Eurus/Subsolanus (east), Zephyr/Zephyrus/Favonius (west)
Translations
Roman god of the west wind
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Latin
Etymology
From faveō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /faˈu̯oː.ni.us/, [fäˈu̯oːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faˈvo.ni.us/, [fäˈvɔːnius]
Proper noun
Favōnius m sg (genitive Favōniī or Favōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Favonius, a Roman politician
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Favōnius |
Genitive | Favōniī Favōnī1 |
Dative | Favōniō |
Accusative | Favōnium |
Ablative | Favōniō |
Vocative | Favōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Favonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Favonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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