faustus

Latin

Etymology

From *favestus, from faveō (favor).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfau̯s.tus/, [ˈfäu̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfau̯s.tus/, [ˈfäu̯st̪us]

Adjective

faustus (feminine fausta, neuter faustum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. favorable, fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, lucky

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative faustus fausta faustum faustī faustae fausta
Genitive faustī faustae faustī faustōrum faustārum faustōrum
Dative faustō faustō faustīs
Accusative faustum faustam faustum faustōs faustās fausta
Ablative faustō faustā faustō faustīs
Vocative fauste fausta faustum faustī faustae fausta

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Descendants

  • Italian: fausto
  • Portuguese: fausto
  • Spanish: fausto

References

  • faustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • faustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • faustus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • faustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • may heaven's blessing rest on it: quod bonum, faustum, felix, fortunatumque sit! (Div. 1. 45. 102)
    • with favourable omens: faustis ominibus
  • faustus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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