favonius

See also: 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

1. the west wind, Zephyrus
2. A Roman proper name

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	favōnius	favōniī
genitive	favōniī favōnī1	favōniōrum
dative	favōniō	favōniīs
accusative	favōnium	favōniōs
ablative	favōniō	favōniīs
vocative	favōnie	favōniī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• (west wind): zephyrus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “west wind”): subsōlānus, eurus

Derived terms

• favōniālis
• favōniānus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: fogno
  • ⇒ Neapolitan: abbafaogno
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: favugn
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: favueño
  • Old Spanish: fauonno
• Ancient borrowings:
  • → Koine Greek: Φαώνιος (Phaṓnios)
    • → Greek: Φαώνιος (Faónios)
  • → Old High German: phonno
    • German: Föhn (“warm wind, hair dryer”) (see there for further descendants)
• Learned borrowings:
  • → Italian: favonio

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 (2001–2025), “favonius”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.