Favonius

English

Zephyrus & Chloris (Favonius & Flora)

Etymology

From Latin Favōnius (“favorable”).

Proper noun

Favonius

1. (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

• Anemoi, Aquilon

Coordinate terms

• Boreas/Septentrio (north), Notos/Auster (south), Eurus/Subsolanus (east), Zephyr/Zephyrus/Favonius (west)

Translations

Roman god of the west wind

• Latin: Favōnius m

Latin

Etymology

From faveō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Favonius, a Roman politician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Favōnius
Genitive	Favōniī Favōnī1
Dative	Favōniō
Accusative	Favōnium
Ablative	Favōniō
Vocative	Favōnī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Favōniānus

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.