LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

favōrābilis

favōrābilis (neuter favōrābile, comparative favōrābilius, adverb favōrābiliter)
Classical[fa.woːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[fa.voˈraː.bi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationfavored, popular
  2. two terminationwinning favor, agreeable

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefavōrābilisfavōrābilisfavōrābile
genitivefavōrābilisfavōrābilisfavōrābilis
dativefavōrābilīfavōrābilīfavōrābilī
accusativefavōrābilemfavōrābilemfavōrābile
ablativefavōrābilīfavōrābilīfavōrābilī
vocativefavōrābilisfavōrābilisfavōrābile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefavōrābilēsfavōrābilēsfavōrābilia
genitivefavōrābiliumfavōrābiliumfavōrābilium
dativefavōrābilibusfavōrābilibusfavōrābilibus
accusativefavōrābilīs
favōrābilēs		favōrābilīs
favōrābilēs		favōrābilia
ablativefavōrābilibusfavōrābilibusfavōrābilibus
vocativefavōrābilēsfavōrābilēsfavōrābilia

făvōrābĭlis, e, adj. favor.
I. Favored, in favor, popular, beloved (not anteAug.; perh. first in Vell.; v. the follg.): Luculli et Metelli triumphum invidia Pompeii apud optimum quemque fecit favorabilem, Vell. 2, 34, 2; cf. reditus, id. 2, 40, 2: oratio, Tac. A. 2, 37; cf. eloquentia, Quint. 12, 10, 74: quid invidiosum, favorabile, etc. ... sit, id. 6, 1, 11; cf. id. 11, 1, 42: facilis ac favorabilis causa, id. 12, 6, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 113; 4, 3, 9: in civitate minime favorabili natus, Tac. Or. 7: facere aliquem favorabilem, Plin. Ep. 4, 9 fin.: aliquis, Sen. Clem. 10; Suet. Calig. 4; Flor. 4, 4, 4.—
II. Winning favor, pleasing, agreeable (rare): est enim jucunda auribus ac favorabilis elcquentia, Quint. 12, 10, 74: oratio, Tac. A. 12, 6; 2, 36.—Comp.: favorabilius et tutius, Plin. Ep. 5, 13, 3: favorabiliores fieri, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.—Hence, făvōrābĭlĭter, adv., with applause or approbation, favorably: in aliquem laetum ac plausibilem locum quam maxime possint favorabiliter excurrere, Quint. 4, 3, 1; Suet. Ner. 7.— Comp.: favorabilius, Dig. 18, 7, 9; 40, 4, 10.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Latin favōrābilis From favor (“favor”) + -ābilis.

Descendants
  • Frenchfavorable
  • Englishfavourablefrom French favorable
  • Germanfavorabelfrom French favorable
  • Spanishfavorable

In English words that came into English from favōrābilis

  • favourablefavōrābilis

Quick answers

What does favōrābilis mean in Latin?
favōrābilis, a adjective, means “favored, popular; winning favor, agreeable”.
How do you pronounce favōrābilis?
In classical Latin, [fa.woːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fa.voˈraː.bi.lis].