“favor” in Latin

Kind or favorable feeling (with reference both to him who feels it, and to the person who is its object): gratia: favor (the former objectively, as the state of him who is in favor with anybody; opposed to invidia; but also, though more rarely, subjectively, like favor, denoting the disposition of him who entertains a favorable feeling for anybody, but with the difference that gratia is confined to the disposition, favor extends to the actual promotion of the person’s views and interests. The opinion of some, that gratia never occurs in a subjective sense, has been sufficiently confuted by Döderlein, Syn. 4, p. 108; it stands for “favor or kindness bestowed, especially by a female”). (The words are found in this connection and order.) gratia et favor: studium (PROP., the interest one takes in anybody in general, then the enthusiasm of sentiment; the zeal displayed in favor of anybody; especially of soldiers for their general; parties for their chiefs, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) studium et favor: voluntas (inclination or affection, based on love and attachment): benevolentia (well-wishing): indulgentia (the particular favor bestowed on anybody, whose faults one overlooks, whom one exempts from hard duties, etc.; e.g., the favor shown by a prince to a favorite, as Suet., Vit., 5): plausus (marks of favor, applause). The favor of a prince, principis inclinatio in aliquem; gratia, qua aliquis apud principem viget; favor, quo princeps aliquem amplectitur. The favor of the people, gratia popularis (of the feeling); favor populi or plebis (as proved by marks of confidence, by support, etc.): the wish to obtain the favor of the people, ambitio (e.g., Cic., Verr. 2, 2, 35): to be in anybody’s favor, in gratia alicujus or apud aliquem esse; esse in gratia cum aliquo (Cic.): gratiosum esse alicui or apud aliquem (to be beloved): to be in great favor with anybody, alicujus gratia, florere; multum gratia valere apud aliquem (with the notion, that one does or could exercise a certain influence over him) [Vid: “to be a FAVORITE with”] :” to show favor to anybody; to bestow one’s favor on anybody, benevolentiam alicui praestare (of the sentiment or good feeling); alicui favere (by promoting his views): to obtain anybody’s favor, se in gratiam ponere apud aliquem; gratiam alicujus sibi colligere or conciliare (☞ not acquirere, Vid: below); in gratiam or in gratiam et favorem alicujus venire; gratiam apud aliquem or a aliquo inire: to endeavor to obtain anybody’s favor, to curry favor with anybody, aliquem colere (by paying court to him); se venditare alicui (by extolling one’s own merits, or by showing much attention to him, etc.), in alicujus familiaritatem se insinuare: to aim at obtaining anybody’s favor, alicujus gratiam quaerere or sequi; in aliquem ambitiosum esse (Cic., Quint., Fr., 1, 2, 2): to retain anybody’s favor, alicujus gratiam or benevolentiam, or studium ac favorem retinere: to endeavor not only to retain the favor of one’s old friends, but to make as many new friends as possible, omnes gratias non modo retinendas, verum etiam acquirendas putare (Cic., Att., 1, 1, extr.; acquirere gratias, = “to obtain additional good will from new friends,” is here correct; but it must not be used for conciliare, when there is no notion of this kind): to forfeit or throw away anybody’s favor, gratiam collectam effundere; gratiam corrumpere (Phaedrus, 4, 25, 18): to lose anybody’s. favor, gratiam amittere, gratia excidere (general terms; for “to be out of favor,” use the perfect); ex magna gratia et favore in invidiam alicujus venire (of a favorite, after Sall., Jug. 13, 4): he is out of favor, he has lost the favor of the prince, favor, quo princeps eum amplectebatur, elanguit (after Curt., 19, 7, 13, and Liv., 2, 56, in.): to recover anybody’s favor, gratiam alicujus recuperare: to reinstate anybody in favor, aliquem in gratiam restituere or redigere; in anybody’s favor, in gratiam alicujus (i. e., in order to show him a kindness, as Liv., 39, 26; Cf.,” in favorem alicujus” is not Latin); pro aliquo secundum aliquem (for anybody, or his advantage or benefit, opposed to contra): to decide a lawsuit in anybody’s favor, secundum aliquem judicare or litem dare: the suit has been decided in your favor, pro te pronunciatum est (Gell., 5, 10). It may, in certain cases, be also expressed by the “dativus cornmodi” only; e.g., to do anything in anybody’s favor, dare or tribuere alicui aliquid (☞ not gratiae alicujus).

A benefit, beneficium (benefit). To do or show anybody a favor, or bestow a favor upon anybody, alicui officium praestare; beneficium alicui dare, tribuere; beneficium in aliquem conferre; beneficio aliquem afficere; gratiam alicui facere; alicui gratificari: a favor bestowed upon anybody by a prince, beneficium principale (Plin., Pan. 36, 5): as a favor, gratiae loco et beneficii: by the favor of God, *favente Deo: *adjuvante Deo: dei beneficio: through or by the favor of fortune, suffragante fortuna; of the people, secundo, or favente, or suffragante populo: the favor of one’s vote, suffragatio: to acknowledge a favor, alicui pro re gratiam referre: in doing this, you have done me a great favor, gratissimum illud mihi fecisti: you can do me no greater favor, nihil est, quod gratius mihi facere possis; hoc mihi gratius nihil facere potes: if you vnll do me the favor, si me amas (as form of request; Vid: Heindorf, Hor., Sat., 1, 9, 38): I shall consider it or look upon it as a favor, or you will do me a favor by it, hoc mihi gratum erit: to have had a great many favors bestowed on one by anybody, magna alicujus liberalitate usum esse: you will do me a great favor, or I shall consider it a great favor, if etc., magnum beneficium mihi dederis; gratissimum mihi feceris, si etc.: grant me this favor, da mihi hanc gratiam (Terentianus): to ask a favor of anybody, or ask anything of anybody as a favor, petere ab aliquo aliquid in beneficii loco: to ask him, as a favor to do so and so, petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut etc.: ask him this favor, ab hoc petito gratiam istam: to request anybody to tell you whether there is any favor he would wish you to grant him: rogare aliquem, ut dicat, si quid opus sit (Cic., Tusc. 5, 32, 92): do me the favor to send me etc., gratum mihi feceris, si etc.

Leave, permission, Vid:

Mildness, leniency (in punishing, etc.), lenitas: clementia: misericordia: indulgentia, etc. To show favor to anybody, clementia uti; clementer agere cum aliquo; gratiam facere delicti (to pardon a fault, etc.): to find favor (in anybody’s eyes), veniam impetrare (alicujus rei, obtain forgiveness for it); placere alicui (win his favorable regard): no hope of favor is left, sublata est spes veniae.

Disposition to support (as “as to be in favor” of measures, persons, etc.): Vid: To FAVOR.

favere; anybody, alicui, alicujus rebus or partibus (Vid: the proper word anybody, anybody’s party, whether the good-will is manifested in action or not): propitium esse alicui (to be kindly disposed toward anybody; commonly of the gods, seldom of men): alicui studere, alicujus esse studiosum (to be favorably inclined toward anybody, especially to be zealous in anybody’s cause): juvare, adjuvare aliquem (to support or aid; of persons and favorable events, fortune, etc.): esse alicui adjumento: afferre alicui adjumentum (to support or aid; of persons only): fovere aliquem: fovere ac tollere aliquem: sustinere ac fovere aliquem: gratia et auctoritate sua sustentare aliquem (to be a supporter of anybody; to help to raise him, etc.: to civic honors): suffragari alicui (by one’s vote, recommendation; then also of favorable events): velificari alicui (litterally, to spread sail for him; to be zealous in forwarding his interests, caelius, ap. Cic.): prosperare aliquem: obsecundare alicui (to promote anybody’s undertakings, etc.; of favorable events): indulgere alicui (to be partial, indulgent, etc., to anybody, and so to allow him to take liberties, etc.): favored, gratiosus alicui or apud aliquem (i. e., standing or being in anybody’s favor). ☞ “Favoured” is also favorabilis in Velleius, Quint., Sen., etc.; e.g., facere aliquem favorabilem apud aliquem, Velleius; but never in the sense of “favorable.” To be favored by nature in anything, naturam fautricem habere in aliqua re: to be highly favored both by nature and fortune, instructum esse naturae fortunasque omnibus bonis: to be favored by fortune, fortuna prospera uti: favored by the obscurity of the night, the vessels reached the shore, naves noctis interventu ad terram pervenerunt: to favor anybody in anything, gratum facere, gratificari alicui aliquid; dare, tribuere alicui aliquid; accommodare alicui de re (to serve him with regard to anything or in anything; Vid: Cic., Fam., 13, 2, 3): to favor anybody in every respect, omnibus rebus or omnibus in rebus commodare alicui (Vid: Cic., Fam., 13, 53, 1, and 13, 35, 1): will you favor me by? etc., gratum mihi feceris, si, etc.

To favor anybody with (= oblige him by giving him, in colloquial language), dare, tribuere, largiri alicui aliquid: to favor anybody with a call, salutandi causa ad aliquem venire; with one’s presence or a visit, praesentia sua (if one person), or frequentia (if several), ornare aliquem; with one’s confidence, consiliorum suorum conscium aliquem facere et participem.

To resemble in feature, Vid: To RESEMBLE.