făvōrābĭlis — Lewis & Short
făvōrābĭlis, e, adj.favor.
I Favored, in favor, popular, beloved (not anteAug.; perh. first in Vell.; v. the follg.): Luculli et Metelli triumphum invidia Pompeii apud optimum quemque fecit favorabilem, Vell. 2, 34, 2; cf.
reditus,id. 2, 40, 2:
oratio,Tac. A. 2, 37; cf.
eloquentia,Quint. 12, 10, 74:
quid invidiosum, favorabile, etc. ... sit,id. 6, 1, 11; cf. id. 11, 1, 42:
facilis ac favorabilis causa,id. 12, 6, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 113; 4, 3, 9:
in civitate minime favorabili natus,Tac. Or. 7:
facere aliquem favorabilem,Plin. Ep. 4, 9 fin.:
aliquis,Sen. Clem. 10; Suet. Calig. 4; Flor. 4, 4, 4.—
II Winning favor, pleasing, agreeable (rare):
est enim jucunda auribus ac favorabilis elcquentia,Quint. 12, 10, 74:
oratio,Tac. A. 12, 6; 2, 36.—Comp.:
favorabilius et tutius,Plin. Ep. 5, 13, 3:
favorabiliores fieri,Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.—Hence, făvōrābĭlĭter, adv., with applause or approbation, favorably:
in aliquem laetum ac plausibilem locum quam maxime possint favorabiliter excurrere,Quint. 4, 3, 1; Suet. Ner. 7.— Comp.:
favorabilius,Dig. 18, 7, 9; 40, 4, 10.