fautor Latin · revision 10189

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰeh₂w-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfau̯.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfaːu̯.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fautor''' ''m'' (genitive fautōris, feminine fautrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The uncontracted ''favitor'' occurs in Plautus and Lucilius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|faveō|-tor|t1=to favour]], contracted from ⟨favitor⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨faveō⟩ as [[itc-pro|*faw-ē-]], [[ine-pro|*bʰh₂w-eh₁-|t=to be favourable to]], cognate with [[sga|báe|t=profit, benefit]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, who has ''favitor''.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one who promotes another's interests, a patron; an admirer, supporter, especially at the games and in the theatre, as in Lucilius; a political supporter, partisan; and one who fosters something, all in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means patron, protector, favourer.^(Stelten 1995) French ''fauteur'', Italian ''fautore'' and Spanish ''fautor'' are learned borrowings of it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''favitor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of a supporter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a patron and a partisan.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|patron]], promoter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An admirer, [[m|en|supporter]] (at the games).^(OLD 2012)

+ # A political [[m|en|partisan]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # One who fosters (something).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[faveō]]

+ * [[favor]]

+ * [[fautrīx]]

+ * [[faustus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}