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faustus1

faustus1 · adj

of favorable

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Where it lives

Tacitus 2 · 6.48/10k
Otho 1 · 6.34/10k
Pro P. Sulla 5 · 5.37/10k
Opilius Macrinus 1 · 4.02/10k
De Bello Africo 5 · 3.84/10k
Epigrammata 19 · 3.38/10k
Pro M. Scauro 1 · 3.37/10k
Divus Claudius 2 · 3.13/10k
Carmina 6 · 2.68/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
Divus Augustus 3 · 2.24/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k

Densest 12 of 71 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. faustus — Lewis & Short

faustus, a, um, adj.for favostus, from faveo; lit., favorable; hence,

I of favorable or fortunate omen, fortunate, favorable, auspicious, prosperous, lucky (rare but class.; cf.: felix, fortunatus, beatus, prosperus, dexter, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: so, ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3: utile sit faustumque precor, quod imagine somni Vidimus, Ov. F. 3, 27: omen, Liv. 7, 25, 11; Ov. M. 6, 448; 9, 785 al.; cf.: exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur, Lucr. 1, 100: i pede fausto, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 37: indoles Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus, id. C. 4, 4, 26: o faustum et felicem hunc diem! Ter. And. 5, 4, 53; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118: o nox illa fausta huic urbi! id. Flacc. 41, 103: annus, Ov. F. 1, 63: nisi tempestas indulget tempore fausto, favorable, suitable, Lucr. 1, 805.—Hence, * fauste, adv., favorably, fortunately: ut eis quoque hominibus ea res fauste, feliciter prospereque eveniret, Cic. Mur. 1, 1.

2. Faustus — Lewis & Short

Faustus.

I A surname of L. Cornelius Sulla, the son of the dictator, also called Faustus Sulla, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Sull. 19, 54; id. Vatin. 13, 32; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 9, 1, 4; 9, 11, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 6.—

B Deriv.: Faustĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Faustus Sulla, Faustian: ager, that produced excellent wine, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62: vina, Front. Fer. Als. 3.—

II Fem.: Fausta, ae, daughter of Sulla, wife of Milo, Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2.—

III A poor tragedian, Juv. 7, 12.

In the wild

Faustum Cicero, Letters to Atticus 9.11.4
Fausti Cicero, Letters to Atticus 4.10.1
faustum Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.7.25.11
faustis Horace, Carmina 4.4
faustum Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.29
faustum Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.24.16.9

6 of 171 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. faustus (scan p. 245; entry #3787).

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