Favonius
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Favōnius (“favorable”).
Proper noun edit
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 edit
Coordinate terms edit
- Boreas/Septentrio (north), Notos/Auster (south), Eurus/Subsolanus (east), Zephyr/Zephyrus/Favonius (west)
Translations edit
Roman god of the west wind
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From faveō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /faˈu̯oː.ni.us/, [fäˈu̯oːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faˈvo.ni.us/, [fäˈvɔːnius]
Proper noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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