faustus

1.

faustus, a, um, adj. [for favostus, from faveo; lit., favorable; hence], of favorable or fortunate omen, fortunate, favorable, auspicious, prosperous, lucky (rare but class.; cf.:

felix, fortunatus, beatus, prosperus, dexter, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: so,

ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

utile sit faustumque precor, quod imagine somni Vidimus,

Ov. F. 3, 27:

omen,

Liv. 7, 25, 11; Ov. M. 6, 448; 9, 785 al.; cf.:

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

Lucr. 1, 100:

i pede fausto,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 37:

indoles Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus,

id. C. 4, 4, 26:

o faustum et felicem hunc diem!

Ter. And. 5, 4, 53; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118:

o nox illa fausta huic urbi!

id. Flacc. 41, 103:

annus,

Ov. F. 1, 63:

nisi tempestas indulget tempore fausto,

favorable, suitable, Lucr. 1, 805.—Hence, * fauste, adv., favorably, fortunately:

ut eis quoque hominibus ea res fauste, feliciter prospereque eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1.

2.

Faustus.

I.

A surname of L. Cornelius Sulla, the son of the dictator, also called [p. 731] Faustus Sulla, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Sull. 19, 54; id. Vatin. 13, 32; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 9, 1, 4; 9, 11, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 6.—

B.

Deriv.: Faustĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Faustus Sulla, Faustian:

ager, that produced excellent wine,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62:

vina,

Front. Fer. Als. 3.—

II.

Fem.: Fausta, ae, daughter of Sulla, wife of Milo, Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2.—

III.

A poor tragedian, Juv. 7, 12.