Faventia

1.

făventĭa, ae, f. [id.], a being favorable, i. e. keeping silence at religious ceremonies: faventiam bonam ominationem significat. Nam praecones clamantes populum sacrificiis favere jubebant, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 6 Müll.: augustam adhibebant faventiam, Att. ap. Non. 206, 2;

(ore obsceno dicta segregent, Non.),

Cypr. Ep. 2, 4.

2.

Făventĭa, ae, f., a city of Gallia Cisalpina, which produced excellent linen cloth, now Faënza, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Liv. Epit. 88; Vell. 2, 28, 1; Sil. 8, 598.—

II.

Deriv.

A.

Făventīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Faventia, Faventine:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Col. 3, 3, 2:

lina,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9.—

B.

Făventīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Faventia, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 116.