faustus

See also: Faustus

Latin

Etymology

From syncope of *favestos, built by adding the adjective-forming suffix -tus to an s-stem noun derived from the root of faveō (“favor”).^[1] Compare iūstus, honestus.

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

favorable, fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, lucky

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	faustus	fausta	faustum	faustī	faustae	fausta
Genitive	faustī	faustae	faustī	faustōrum	faustārum	faustōrum
Dative	faustō	faustae	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

(antonym(s) of “favorable, fortunate”): infaustus

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Italian: fausto
Portuguese: fausto
Spanish: fausto

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “faveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206

“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

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “faveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206

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