favorabilis

făvōrābĭlis, e, adj. [favor].

I.

Favored, in favor, popular, beloved (not anteAug.; perh. first in Vell.; v. the follg.): Luculli et Metelli triumphum invidia Pompeii apud optimum quemque fecit favorabilem, [p. 732] Vell. 2, 34, 2; cf.

reditus,

id. 2, 40, 2:

oratio,

Tac. A. 2, 37; cf.

eloquentia,

Quint. 12, 10, 74:

quid invidiosum, favorabile, etc.... sit,

id. 6, 1, 11; cf. id. 11, 1, 42:

facilis ac favorabilis causa,

id. 12, 6, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 113; 4, 3, 9:

in civitate minime favorabili natus,

Tac. Or. 7:

facere aliquem favorabilem,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9 fin.:

aliquis,

Sen. Clem. 10; Suet. Calig. 4; Flor. 4, 4, 4.—

II.

Winning favor, pleasing, agreeable (rare):

est enim jucunda auribus ac favorabilis elcquentia,

Quint. 12, 10, 74:

oratio,

Tac. A. 12, 6; 2, 36.— Comp.:

favorabilius et tutius,

Plin. Ep. 5, 13, 3:

favorabiliores fieri,

Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.—Hence, făvōrābĭlĭter, adv., with applause or approbation, favorably:

in aliquem laetum ac plausibilem locum quam maxime possint favorabiliter excurrere,

Quint. 4, 3, 1; Suet. Ner. 7.— Comp.:

favorabilius,

Dig. 18, 7, 9; 40, 4, 10.