faveo

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be, become”) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, to glow light”) via a stative *bʰh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favorable to”) (> *fawēō or a causative *bʰowh₂eyeti (> *faweō). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰew- (cognate with Proto-Slavic *gověti), via either a causative *gʷʰow-éye-ti > *faweō or a stative *gʷʰow-éh₁-yeti > *fawēō. (Kroonen derives the Slavic forms from the stative formation.) De Vaan considers the semantic connection with the root *gʷʰew- (“to worship, heed”) not compelling. This root has alternatively been reconstructed as *gʰew-, but Schrijver argues that the change of *gʰow- to Latin fav- would be ad hoc (compare *gʰóstis > hostis). A change of heterosyllabic *-ow- to *-aw-, called Thurneysen-Havet's Law, is postulated to have applied regularly in Proto-Italic to syllables that had no PIE accent; compare caveō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.we.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.ve.o] === Verb === faveō (present infinitive favēre, perfect active fāvī, supine fautum); second conjugation, impersonal in the passive to be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect (with dative) to favor (with dative) to countenance, applaud, support, encourage, indulge Synonym: foveō ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== faustus fautor favete linguis favor ==== Related terms ==== ? Faunus === References === === Further reading === “faveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “faveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “faveo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN