favonius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === faōnius === Etymology === Implying Proto-Italic *favō (“one who favors/warms”): either from the root of faveō (“to favor”) and Faunus (itself of disputed etymology), or from that of foveō (“to warm, cherish”), with the *-ow- > -av- development of caveō, lavō (known as Thurneysen-Havet's Law). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faˈwoː.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈvɔː.ni.us] === Noun === favōnius m (genitive favōniī or favōnī); second declension the west wind, Zephyrus A Roman proper name ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Synonyms ==== (west wind): zephyrus ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “west wind”): subsōlānus, eurus ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “favonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “favonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “favonius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “favonius”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.