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Favonius

Favonius · m

The west wind

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 3 · 2.85/10k
De Bello Civili 5 · 1.55/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.5/10k
De agri cultura 2 · 1.28/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 2 · 1.09/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 7 · 0.89/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Făvōnĭus — Lewis & Short

Făvōnĭus, ii, m.faveo.

I The west wind, also called Zephyrus, which blew at the commencement of spring, and promoted vegetation, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; 16, 25, 39, § 93; 18, 34, 77, § 337; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 71; Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27; id. Ac. 2, 33, 105; Hor. C. 1, 4, 1 al.—

B Deriv.: † făvōnĭālis, *zefu/rios, Gloss. Philox.—

II A Roman proper name. So esp. M. Favonius, a contemporary of Cicero and an imitator of M. Cato, whence he received the derisive sobriquet of simius Catonis, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; 2, 1, 9; 2, 4, 7; Val. Max. 2, 10; Suet. Aug. 13. —

B Deriv.: Făvōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Favonius, Favonian: pira, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.

2. favönius — Walde–Hofmann

favönius, -i m. „der laue Westwind" (seit Plaut., rom., vlt. faön-, vgl. fatv)illa; davon -ialis GL, vgl. auch GN. Favönius: aus fanönius über *fdunjo entl. ahd. fönno, fünna, nhd. Föhn, Wehrle ZdW. 9, 166 #.): nach den Alten (Plin. 16, 93, Isid. 13, 11, 8), Solmsen KZ. 37, 7 als „der laué, würmende^ aus *fovónios zu foveo; Sufl. nach aquilönius „nördlich“ zu aquilo „Nordwind“ (Benennung nach dem Wesen des f, als … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. favönius, p. 501]

In the wild

Favonio Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone 26
favonius Plautus, Mercator 5.2
favonius Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.47.p3
favonius Cicero, Lucullus 147
Favonium Cicero, Letters to Atticus 4.17.4
Favonium Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus 2.9.2

6 of 55 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. favönius (scan p. 501; entry #1084). Root candidates: *for-, *datwwa-.

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