faveo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fawēō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂u-eh₁- (“to be favourable to”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.we.oː/

Verb

faveō (present infinitive favēre, perfect active fāvī, supine fautum); second conjugation

(with dative) I favour
I support, encourage, indulge

Inflection

Conjugation of faveo (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	faveō	favēs	favet	favēmus	favētis	favent
	imperfect	favēbam	favēbās	favēbat	favēbāmus	favēbātis	favēbant
	future	favēbō	favēbis	favēbit	favēbimus	favēbitis	favēbunt
	perfect	fāvī	fāvistī, fāsti¹	fāvit	fāvimus	fāvistis, fāstis¹	fāvērunt, fāvēre
	pluperfect	fāveram	fāverās	fāverat	fāverāmus	fāverātis	fāverant
	future perfect	fāverō	fāveris	fāverit	fāverimus	fāveritis	fāverint
passive	present	faveor	favēris, favēre	favētur	favēmur	favēminī	faventur
	imperfect	favēbar	favēbāris, favēbāre	favēbātur	favēbāmur	favēbāminī	favēbantur
	future	favēbor	favēberis, favēbere	favēbitur	favēbimur	favēbiminī	favēbuntur
	perfect	fautus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fautus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fautus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	faveam	faveās	faveat	faveāmus	faveātis	faveant
	imperfect	favērem	favērēs	favēret	favērēmus	favērētis	favērent
	perfect	fāverim	fāverīs	fāverit	fāverimus	fāveritis	fāverint
	pluperfect	fāvissem, fāssem¹	fāvissēs, fāsses¹	fāvisset, fāsset¹	fāvissēmus, fāssemus¹	fāvissētis, fāssetis¹	fāvissent, fāssent¹
passive	present	favear	faveāris, faveāre	faveātur	faveāmur	faveāminī	faveantur
	imperfect	favērer	favērēris, favērēre	favērētur	favērēmur	favērēminī	favērentur
	perfect	fautus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fautus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	favē	—	—	favēte	—
active	future	—	favētō	favētō	—	favētōte	faventō
passive	present	—	favēre	—	—	favēminī	—
passive	future	—	favētor	favētor	—	—	faventor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		favēre	fāvisse, fāsse¹	fautūrus esse	favērī	fautus esse	fautum īrī
participles		favēns	—	fautūrus	—	fautus	favendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		favēre	favendī	favendō	favendum	fautum	fautū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

English: favour

References

faveo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
faveo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
faveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- maintain a devout silence (properly, utter no ill-omened word): favete ore, linguis = εὐφημειτε
- (ambiguous) to look favourably upon; to support: studere, favere alicui
- (ambiguous) to be a friend of the aristocracy: nobilitati favere (Sest. 9. 21)
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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