favor

făvor, ōris, m. [id.], favor, good-will, inclination, partiality, esp. of a party (rare in Cic.; not in Caes.; freq. since the Aug. per. in prose and poetry; syn.: studium, benevolentia, gratia, pietas, caritas, amor).

I.

In gen.

A.

Of human beings:

favorem et urbanum Cicero nova credit. Nam in epistola ad Brutum, Eum, inquit, amorem et eum (ut hoc verbo utar) favorem in consilium advocabo,

Quint. 8, 3, 34;

so with amor,

Suet. Claud. 12;

with studium,

id. Vit. 15:

qui favore populi tenetur et ducitur,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115; cf.

under II.: quae sunt varie et ad tempus descripta populis, favore magis quam re, legum nomen tenent,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11:

amplecti aliquem favore,

Liv. 2, 56:

adferre alicui,

Just. 27, 1:

ex maxima invidia in gratiam et favorem nobilitatis Jugurtha venit,

Sall. J. 13, 7; cf.

opp. invidia,

id. ib. 73, 4:

plebis,

Liv. 7, 25, 1; cf. id. 2, 56, 1:

partium Pompeii,

Vell. 2, 54, 2:

concilia to populi favore,

Suet. Caes. 11:

militum,

id. Tit. 5; Hor. C. 4, 8, 26; id. Ep. 2, 1, 9:

favor in aliquem,

Tac. H. 1, 53 fin.:

pro laborantibus,

Quint. 4, 1, 9. —

B.

Rarely of Fortune:

fortunae favor,

Sen. Ep. 42, 4; 72, 4.—

C.

Favor personified as a deity, Mart. Cap. 1, § 48 al.—

D.

Esp., legal t. t.:

favoris causa, said where the law inclines to or encourages a particular right or practice: hoc favoris causa constitutum est, ut pro plenis (honoribus) incoätos accipiamus,

Dig. 50, 4, 8; 23, 3, 74; Gai Inst. 4, 14; cf.:

favor libertatis,

Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 2; 2, 24, 2 sq.—

II.

In partic., acclamation, applause, at theatrical and other exhibitions (syn. plausus), approbation:

quod studium et quem favorem secum in scenam attulit Panurgus?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 5, 25:

audientium,

Quint. 3, 8, 7:

facere favorem,

id. 7, 1, 33:

promere favorem,

id. 9, 1, 21:

emerendi favoris gratia,

id. 7, 1, 2:

magno omnium favore,

Suet. Claud. 21; cf.:

plauditur et magno palma favore datur,

Ov. Tr. 2, 506:

tutatur favor Euryalum,

Verg. A. 5, 343.