Favonius

[ fuh-voh-nee-uh s ]

/ fəˈvoʊ ni əs /

the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

Compare Zephyrus.

Draco is any bloody fellow; Favonius is any sycophant: but Pope is very different.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
There no one will speak his mind except Antius and Favonius, for Cato is ill.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1|Marcus Tullius Cicero
Favonius carried my tribe with better credit than his own; he lost that of Lucceius.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1|Marcus Tullius Cicero
Favonius, in the midst of a thousand impertinent assailants of the divine truths, is an undisturbed defender of them.
The Tatler, Volume Two|Various

Favonius has the good sense to talk about himself occasionally and tell his own experience.
Little Rivers|Henry van Dyke