favorabilis Latin · revision 33372

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 20 BC–30 AD, Velleius Paterculus|origins=itc-pro *faw-ē-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fa.woːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [fa.voˈraː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''favōrābilis''' (neuter favōrābile, comparative favōrābilius, adverb favōrābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|favor|-ābilis|t1=goodwill, favour]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|favor]] comes from [[m|la|faveō|t=to be favourable]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*faw-ē-]]; for the root he prefers Lubotsky's [[ine-pro|*bhh2u̯-eh1-|t=to be favourable to]], connected with [[sga|báe|t=profit, benefit]], to other proposals.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short think it is not found before Augustus and perhaps first in Velleius Paterculus,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) who writes that envy of Pompey made the triumph of Lucullus and Metellus popular with all the best men: ''Luculli et Metelli triumphum invidia Pompeii apud optimum quemque fecit favorabilem''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of persons and things it means regarded with favour, popular,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) as in Quintilian, Tacitus and Suetonius,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and also likely to win favour, agreeable or conciliatory, as Quintilian's pleasing eloquence and Tacitus' winning speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Younger has the comparative: to plead rather than defend oneself is ''favorabilius et tutius'', more winning and safer.^(Conte 2010) In law it describes a case that deserves favourable or preferential treatment, as in Ulpian.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Tertullian uses it actively, favouring.^(Conte 2010) Church Latin has it as favourable.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into French and Spanish as [[m|fr|favorable]] and [[m|es|favorable]], and through French into English as [[m|en|favourable]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus, of a popular triumph.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian, of pleasing eloquence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of a winning speech.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian, of a case deserving favour in law.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Regarded with favour, [[m|en|popular]], well liked.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Likely to win favour, agreeable, [[m|en|conciliatory]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' Deserving favourable or preferential treatment.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' Favouring, [[m|en|favourable]].^(Conte 2010)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[favor]]

+ * [[faveō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}