favorabilis
καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ → and a man's foes shall be they of his own household (Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:36)
Latin > English
favorabilis favorabile, favorabilior -or -us, favorabilissimus -a -um ADJ :: popular, treated/regarded with favor, favored; win favor, conciliatory
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
făvōrābĭlis: e, adj. favor.
I Favored, in favor, popular, beloved (not anteAug.; perh. first in Vell.; v. the follg.): Luculli et Metelli triumphum invidia Pompeii apud optimum quemque fecit favorabilem, Vell. 2, 34, 2; cf. reditus, id. 2, 40, 2: oratio, Tac. A. 2, 37; cf. eloquentia, Quint. 12, 10, 74: quid invidiosum, favorabile, etc. ... sit, id. 6, 1, 11; cf. id. 11, 1, 42: facilis ac favorabilis causa, id. 12, 6, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 113; 4, 3, 9: in civitate minime favorabili natus, Tac. Or. 7: facere aliquem favorabilem, Plin. Ep. 4, 9 fin.: aliquis, Sen. Clem. 10; Suet. Calig. 4; Flor. 4, 4, 4.—
II Winning favor, pleasing, agreeable (rare): est enim jucunda auribus ac favorabilis elcquentia, Quint. 12, 10, 74: oratio, Tac. A. 12, 6; 2, 36.—Comp.: favorabilius et tutius, Plin. Ep. 5, 13, 3: favorabiliores fieri, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.—Hence, făvōrābĭlĭter, adv., with applause or approbation, favorably: in aliquem laetum ac plausibilem locum quam maxime possint favorabiliter excurrere, Quint. 4, 3, 1; Suet. Ner. 7.— Comp.: favorabilius, Dig. 18, 7, 9; 40, 4, 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
făvōrābĭlis,¹³ e (favor),
1 qui attire la faveur : Quint. 12, 10, 74 ; Tac. Ann. 12, 6 ; -bilior Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 14, 3
2 bien venu, aimé, populaire : Tac. Ann. 2, 37 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 9, 22 ; Sen. Clem. 1, 10, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
favōrābilis, e, Adi. m. Compar. (favor), I) Gunst habend = begünstigt, beliebt, angenehm, willkommen (Ggstz. invisus), res, Val. Max.: personae, Quint.: princeps, Amm.: facere alqm favorabilem, Plin. ep., apud alqm, Vell. (vgl. cuius reditum favorabilem opinio fecerat, Vell.): alqm gratum et favorabilem reddere, Sen.: nulli non favorabilis erit, si etc., Sen. rhet.: adiciunt magi suco totius (cichorii) cum oleo perunctos favorabiliores fieri, Plin.: libertas omnibus rebus favorabilior est, Ulp. dig. – m. Abl. (wodurch?), eloquio, Sen.: et aetate et iniuriā favorabilis et nominis maiestate, Flor. – II) Gunst od. Beifall verschaffend = einnehmend, gewinnend, empfehlend, vultus, Val. Max.: oratio, Tac.: actio, Quint.: animi docilitas, Eutr.: id enim et favorabilius et tutius, Plin. ep.
