favourite (subs. and < Copy link Outline 1. acceptus (acceptable to)2. grātus (the most gen. term)3. cārus, dīlectus4. grātiōsus (esp. of the great)5. dēlĭciae, ārum, f. (a pet, a darling • favourite (subs. and adj.): 1. acceptus (acceptable to): a very f. slave, servus acceptissimus, Pl.: he was by far the greatest f. with the soldiers, longe ante alios (erat) acceptissimus militum animis, Liv.: one who was such a f. with his countrymen, homo tam ac. popularibus, Sall. 2. grātus (the most gen. term): he was, however, a greater f. with the multitude than with the Fathers, multitudini tamen gratior fuit quam Patribus, Liv.: while I was thy f., donec gr. eram tibi, Hor.: ivy is the f. plant of Bacchus, hedera est gratissima Baccho, Ov.: Goddess who rulest thy f. Antium, diva gratum quae regis Antium, Hor. 3. cārus, dīlectus: v. dear, beloved. 4. grātiōsus (esp. of the great): a freedwoman who was a f. at court, liberta aulica gr., Suet. Otho 2: v. influential, favoured, popular. 5. dēlĭciae, ārum, f. (a pet, a darling: only in pl.): your pet and prime f. Roscius, amores ac deliciae tuae, Roscius, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79: the f. of the human race, amor ac d. generis humani, Suet. Tit. 1: an ape which was a f. of the king of the Molossians, simia quam rex Molossorum in deliciis habebat, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 76: v. darling. Phr.: to be a f. with one, alicujus gratia florere, etc.: v. favour (I.): some there are whose f. pursuit it is ..., sunt quos juvat ..., Hor.: not only is Fortune herself blind, but she for the most part makes her f.s blind too, non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos plerumque caecos efficit quos complexa est, Cic. Am. 15. 54: f. of Fortune, Fortunae filius, Hor. S. 2, 6, 49. For a favourite of a sovereign, Suet. uses familiaris: he was a f. with Caius on account of his fondness for charioteering, with Claudius on account of his fondness for gambling, Caio per aurigandi, Claudio per aleae studium f. erat, Suet. Vit. 4: to be the chief f. at court, aula potiri, Tac. (v. court).