Favorinus

Latin

Etymology

From favōr +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fa.u̯oːˈriː.nus/, [fäu̯oːˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.voˈri.nus/, [fävoˈriːnus]

Proper noun

Favōrīnus m sg (genitive Favōrīnī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Favorinus, a Roman philosopher

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Favōrīnus
Genitive	Favōrīnī
Dative	Favōrīnō
Accusative	Favōrīnum
Ablative	Favōrīnō
Vocative	Favōrīne

References

• “Favorinus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Favorinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.