faustus Latin · revision 8406

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la faveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfau̯s.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfau̯s.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''faustus''' (feminine fausta, neuter faustum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨*favestos⟩, with syncope, an adjective in ⟨-tus⟩ formed from an s-stem noun from the root of [[faveō]] “to favour”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citation is from Accius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant attended by good fortune, lucky, as in Terence, and bringing good fortune, of good omen, as in Accius.^(OLD 2012) ''Faustus'' was also a personal name, as of the son of the dictator Sulla.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein treats ''fēlīx'' as the most general word for happiness.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant fortunate, favourable, happy.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for fortunate, lucky, happy.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''fausto''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of good omens.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of the lucky.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Fortunate, lucky.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of good omen, [[m|en|auspicious]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[faustitās]]

+ * [[Faustulus]]

+ * [[īnfaustus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[faveō]]

+ * [[favor]]

+ * [[fēlīx]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[fēlīx]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}