faventia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

făventĭa, ae, f. [faveo],

a being favorable , i. e. keeping silence at religious ceremonies: faventiam bonam ominationem significat. Nam praecones clamantes populum sacrificiis favere jubebant, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 6 Müll.: augustam adhibebant faventiam, Att. ap. Non. 206, 2; (ore obsceno dicta segregent, Non.), Cypr. Ep. 2, 4.

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