favour (v.) Copy link Outline 1. făveo, fāvi, fautum, 2 (with dat.)2. sĕcundo, 1 (with acc. of direct object3. stŭdeo, ui, 2 (with dat.4. suffrāgor, 1 (with dat.5. ab aliquo esse, stare, facere • favour (v.): 1. făveo, fāvi, fautum, 2 (with dat.): those who loved the one, f.'d the other, qui diligebant hunc, illi favebant, Cic. R. Com. 10, 29: to f. (and seek to promote) one's preferment and dignity, honori et dignitati f., Caes. B. C. 1, 7: if genial Pales f.s, si favet alma P., Ov. 2. sĕcundo, 1 (with acc. of direct object: chiefly poet.): now the gale f.s the sailors' voyage, jam nautis aura s. iter, Prop.: wind f.ing, vento secundante, Tac.: may the gods f. our undertaking, di nostra incepta secundent! Virg. 3. stŭdeo, ui, 2 (with dat.: to be devoted to, side with): to f. the cause of a worthless and unprincipled fellow, homini nequam atque improbo s., Cic. Coel. 4, 10: neither to f. nor to hate, neque s. neque odisse, Sall. Cat. 51, med. 4. suffrāgor, 1 (with dat.: properly to support in an election): Hortensius f.s you, opposes me, tibi H. suffragatur, me oppugnat, Cic.: fortune f.ing, you seem to have accomplished great things, fortuna suffragante videris magna consecutus, Cic. Fam. 10, 5. 5. ab aliquo esse, stare, facere: v. preced. art. (I. fin.) Phr.: will you f. me by doing, gratum, pergratum feceris, si ..., Cic. (v. preced. art., II. fin.): fortune f.s the brave, fortuna fortes adjuvat, Liv. 34, 37: I have always, you know, been given to f. nobility, semper, ut scitis, studiosus nobilitatis fui, Cic. Acad. 2, 40, 125: the people of Dyrrachium f. my cause, studiosos mei habeo Dyrrachinos, Cic. Att. 3, 22: if you will f. me by listening, si ad auscultandum vestra erit benignitas, Pl.: will you f. me by looking after him, amabo te, huic caveas, Pl.: the word amabo (te) is introduced parenthetically, and is less formal than the English: v. please.