făvor — Lewis & Short
făvor, ōris, m.id.,
I favor, good-will, inclination, partiality, esp. of a party (rare in Cic.; not in Caes.; freq. since the Aug. per. in prose and poetry; syn.: studium, benevolentia, gratia, pietas, caritas, amor).
I In gen.
A Of human beings:
favorem et urbanum Cicero nova credit. Nam in epistola ad Brutum, Eum, inquit, amorem et eum (ut hoc verbo utar) favorem in consilium advocabo,Quint. 8, 3, 34;
so with amor,Suet. Claud. 12;
with studium,id. Vit. 15:
qui favore populi tenetur et ducitur,Cic. Sest. 54, 115; cf.
under II.: quae sunt varie et ad tempus descripta populis, favore magis quam re, legum nomen tenent,Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11:
amplecti aliquem favore,Liv. 2, 56:
adferre alicui,Just. 27, 1:
ex maxima invidia in gratiam et favorem nobilitatis Jugurtha venit,Sall. J. 13, 7; cf.
opp. invidia,id. ib. 73, 4:
plebis,Liv. 7, 25, 1; cf. id. 2, 56, 1:
partium Pompeii,Vell. 2, 54, 2:
concilia to populi favore,Suet. Caes. 11:
militum,id. Tit. 5; Hor. C. 4, 8, 26; id. Ep. 2, 1, 9:
favor in aliquem,Tac. H. 1, 53 fin.:
pro laborantibus,Quint. 4, 1, 9. —
B Rarely of Fortune:
fortunae favor,Sen. Ep. 42, 4; 72, 4.—
C Favor personified as a deity, Mart. Cap. 1, § 48 al.—
D Esp., legal t. t.:
favoris causa, said where the law inclines to or encourages a particular right or practice: hoc favoris causa constitutum est, ut pro plenis (honoribus) incoätos accipiamus,Dig. 50, 4, 8; 23, 3, 74; Gai Inst. 4, 14; cf.:
favor libertatis,Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 2; 2, 24, 2 sq.—
II In partic., acclamation, applause, at theatrical and other exhibitions (syn. plausus), approbation:
quod studium et quem favorem secum in scenam attulit Panurgus?Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 5, 25:
audientium,Quint. 3, 8, 7:
facere favorem,id. 7, 1, 33:
promere favorem,id. 9, 1, 21:
emerendi favoris gratia,id. 7, 1, 2:
magno omnium favore,Suet. Claud. 21; cf.:
plauditur et magno palma favore datur,Ov. Tr. 2, 506:
tutatur favor Euryalum,Verg. A. 5, 343.