favourable Copy link Outline 1. prospĕrus2. sĕcundus (of winds, circumstances, etc.)3. commŏdus (convenient, advantageous)4. aequus (not frequent in this sense)5. ĭdōneus (suitable)6. prŏpĭtius7. ămīcus8. prōnus (lit. down-hill • favourable: 1. prospĕrus: v. prosperous. 2. sĕcundus (of winds, circumstances, etc.): he arrived in port with a f. wind, in portum vento s. venit, Pl.: he met with a f. wind and tide at the same time, et ventum et aestum uno tempore nactus est secundum, Caes.: f. auspices, s. auspicia, Cic. the gods being present and f., praesentibus ac secundis diis, Liv. 3. commŏdus (convenient, advantageous): hoping that during the voyage all things would be more f. to the cure, sperans omnia in navigatione fore curationi commodiora, Liv.: he understood that the affairs of the city had reached a more f. state, urbanas res commodiorem in statum pervenisse intelligebat, Cic.: v. advantageous. 4. aequus (not frequent in this sense): the nobility was hostile, the senate not f., nobilitas inimica fuit, non aeq. senatus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, med. (so with dat., or in and acc. or abl. [abl. poet.]): the soldiers were drawn up at a f. time and place, milites et tempore et loco aeq. instructi sunt, Liv. 26, 3. 5. ĭdōneus (suitable): f. weather for sailing, id. tempestas ad navigandum, Caes.: v. suitable. 6. prŏpĭtius: esp. of the gods: v. propitious. 7. ămīcus: v. friendly. 8. prōnus (lit. down-hill: chiefly in late writers): a more f. fortune, pronior fortuna, Vell.: a cohort more f. to Dolabella, cohors Dolabellae pronior, Suet.: Tac. Phr.: to be f. to, favere (v. to favour): Alphenus had the people undoubtedly f. to him, Alphenus utebatur populo sane suo, Cic. Quint. 7. 29: to put the more f. construction upon a thing, aliquid in mitiorem partem interpretari, Cic. Mur. 31, 64; benignius interpretari (legally), Paul. Dig. 50, 17, 155: everything was reported to the general in a more f. light, cuncta ad imperatorem in mollius relata, Tac. Ann. 14, 39: the embassy nowhere received a more f. hearing, nusquam benigniora verba tulere legati, cf. Liv. 21. 19, fin.: the Volscians gave him a f. reception, venientem Volsci benigne excepere, Liv. 2, 35: handsomeness of person produces a f. impression at first sight, pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 98: the opinion of the senate was f. to peace and to the conclusion of a treaty with Pyrrhus, sententia senatus inclinabat ad pacem et foedus faciendum cum Pyrrho, Cic. Sen. 6, 16.