favonius

See also: Favonius

Latin

Alternative forms

• faōnius

Etymology

Implying Proto-Italic *favō (“one who favors/warms”): either from the root of faveō (“to favor”) and Faunus (itself of disputed etymology), or from that of foveō (“to warm, cherish”), with the *low- > law development of caveō, lavō (a.k.a. Thurneysen-Havet's Law).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faˈu̯oː.ni.us/, [fäˈu̯oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈvo.ni.us/, [fäˈvɔːnius]

Noun

favōnius m (genitive favōniī or favōnī); second declension

1. the west wind, Zephyrus
2. A Roman proper name

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	favōnius	favōniī
Genitive	favōniī favōnī1	favōniōrum
Dative	favōniō	favōniīs
Accusative	favōnium	favōniōs
Ablative	favōniō	favōniīs
Vocative	favōnie	favōniī

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

Synonyms

• (west wind): zephyrus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “west wind”): subsōlānus, eurus

Derived terms

• favōniālis
• favōniānus

Descendants

• Inherited forms:
  • Aragonese: favueño
  • Italian: fogno
  • ⇒ Neapolitan: abbafaogno
  • Old Spanish: fauonno
  • Romansch: favugn
• Ancient borrowings:
  • → Koine Greek: Φαώνιος (Phaṓnios)
    • Greek: Φαώνιος (Faónios)
  • → Old High German: phonno
    • German: Föhn (“warm wind; hair dryer”) (see there for further descendants)
• Learned borrowings:
  • → Italian: favonio

References

• “favonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “favonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• favonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “favonius”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.