Faunus, i, m. [faveo],
I a mythic son of Picus , grandson of Saturn , and father of Latinus , king of Latium; he instituted tillage and grazing , and after death was the protecting deity of agriculture and of shepherds , and also a giver of oracles; after the introduction of the worship of Pan into Italy , he was identified with Pan , and accordingly represented , like the latter , with horns and goats’ feet , Lact. 1, 24; Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15; Verg. A. 7, 48; 81; Ov. F. 2, 193; 3, 312 sq.; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 34; id. H. 5, 138; Hor. C. 1, 4, 11; 1, 17, 2; 3, 18, 1 et saep. On account of the assimilation of Faunus to Pan, the appellation Fauni was also used for Panes, sylvan deities , Lucr. 4, 581; Ov. M. 6, 392; 1, 193; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4; id. A. P. 244; Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 222 ed. Vahl.); Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6; id. Div. 1, 45, 101.—
II Derivv.
A Faunĭus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Faunus: versus, Victorinn. p. 2586 P.—
B ‡ Faunālĭa , ium, n., the festival celebrated on the nones of December , in honor of Faunus , acc. to Porphyr. and Acro, Hor. C. 3, 18, 1 and 10.