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faustus

Pronunciation: [ˈfau̯s.tʊs]

“faustus” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. favorable, fortunate, auspicious, prosperous, lucky

Etymology

From syncope of *favestos, built by adding the adjective-forming suffix -tus to an s-stem noun derived from the root of faveō (“favor”). Compare iūstus, honestus.

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