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faustus.

favorable, fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, lucky

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈfau̯s.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈfau̯s.tus]
  1. favorable, fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, lucky

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

From syncope of *favestos, built by adding the adjective-forming suffix -tus to an s-stem noun derived from the root of faveō (“favor”). Compare iūstus, honestus.

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