faustus

Latin

Etymology

From *favestus, from faveō (“favor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfau̯s.tus/, [ˈfäu̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfau̯s.tus/, [ˈfäu̯st̪us]

Adjective

faustus (feminine fausta, neuter faustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. favorable, fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, lucky

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	faustus	fausta	faustum		faustī	faustae	fausta
Genitive	faustī	faustae	faustī		faustōrum	faustārum	faustōrum
Dative	faustō		faustō		faustīs
Accusative	faustum	faustam	faustum		faustōs	faustās	fausta
Ablative	faustō	faustā	faustō		faustīs
Vocative	fauste	fausta	faustum		faustī	faustae	fausta

Synonyms

• (favorable, fortunate): albus, auspicābilis, benignus, fēlīx, laetus, prosperus, secundus

Antonyms

• (favorable, fortunate): infaustus

Derived terms

• faustitās
• faustē

Related terms

• fautor
• fautrīx
• favea

• faventia
• faveō

Descendants

• Italian: fausto
• Portuguese: fausto
• Spanish: fausto

References

• “faustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “faustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• faustus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• faustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • may heaven's blessing rest on it: quod bonum, faustum, felix, fortunatumque sit! (Div. 1. 45. 102)
    
  • with favourable omens: faustis ominibus
    
• “faustus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray