Faustus

== Latin == === Etymology === From faustus (“auspicious, lucky”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfau̯s.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfau̯s.tus] === Proper noun === Faustus m sg (genitive Faustī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Quintus Anicius Faustus, a Roman consul A Roman praenomen ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Fausta Faustiānus === See also === === References === “Faustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Faustus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.