favoured (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. grātiōsus (enjoying the favour of others)2. grātus • favoured (adj.): 1. grātiōsus (enjoying the favour of others): the colony of Berytus, f. by the bounty of Augustus, Berytensis colonia, Augusti beneficiis gratiosa, Ulp. Dig. 50, 15, 1. 2. grātus: v. favourite. Phr.: O highly f. husbandmen, knew they but their happiness, O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint, agricolas! Virg.: and no more f. youth flung his arms round thy fair neck, nec quisquam potior brachia candidae cervici juvenis dabat, Hor. Od. 3, 9, 2: f. of the gods, non sine dis, Hor. Od. 3, 4, 20; cui deorum munere aliquid datum est, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 3.