fautor
στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → for no one loves the messenger who brings bad news
Latin > English
fautor fautoris N M :: patron, protector; admirer; supporter, partisan
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fautor: (uncontr. făvĭtor, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 23; Plaut. Am. prol. 78 and 79; Cic. Planc. 1, 1, acc. to Cod. Erf.), ōris, m. faveo,
I a favorer, furtherer, promoter, maintainer, patron (class.).
(a) With gen.: cujus ego dignitatis ab adulescentia fautor (with adjutor), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf. id. ib. 10, 12 fin.; 12, 25, 3: multi fautores laudis tuae, id. Planc. 23, 55; cf.: studiosi et fautores illius victoriae, id. Att. 1, 16, 8: nobilitatis, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16; clamor ab utriusque fautoribus oritur, from the partisans, Liv. 1, 48: competitorum, Varr. R. R. 3, 5 fin.: regis, Sall. J. 27, 2: et cultor bonorum (populus), Liv. 9, 46, 13: inepte (i. q. inepte favens) Lucili, Hor. S. 1, 10, 2; cf. veterum, id. Ep. 2, 1, 23: omnes illi fautores illius flagitii, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11: nequitiae, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33.—
(b) With dat.: favitorem tibi me, amicum, amatorem putes, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 23: aetati facieque tuae se Fautorem ostendat, id. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 23: cum tam multos et bonos viros ejus (Plancii) honori viderem esse favitores, etc., Cic. Planc. 1, 1.—
(g) Absol.: virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus: Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit, i. e. applauders, claqueurs, Plaut. Am. prol. 78 sq.; so Suet. Ner. 43; id. Tit. 8; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
faūtŏr,¹⁰ ōris, m. (faveo, arch. făvĭtor Lucil. Sat. 902 ; Pl. Amph. 78), celui qui favorise, appui, soutien, défenseur, partisan : nobilitatis Cic. Amer. 16, partisan de la noblesse, cf. Planc. 55 ; Clu. 66 ; honori alicujus fautores esse Cic. Planc. 1, appuyer la candidature de qqn, cf. Scauro 17 || [au théâtre] pl., partisans, amis, cabale : Pl. Amph. 78 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66.
Latin > German (Georges)
fautor, ōris, m. (faveo, urspr. favitor, wie noch b. Lucil. 902. Auct. prol. Plaut. Amph. 78. Iul. Val. 2, 17 ed. Paris. Serv. Verg. Aen. 6, 817), der Gönner, der einer Person od. Sache gewogen ist und sie begünstigt, der tätige Beförderer, Begünstiger, bonorum, nobilitatis, Cic.: laudis, Cic. – absol., bes. der gedungene Beifallklatscher, Plaut., Hor. u. Suet.
