Favonius
[ fuh-voh-nee-uhs ]
noun
the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
- Compare Zephyrus.
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How to use Favonius in a sentence
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 QuinceyFavonius, in the midst of a thousand impertinent assailants of the divine truths, is an undisturbed defender of them.
The Tatler, Volume Two | VariousFavonius carried my tribe with better credit than his own; he lost that of Lucceius.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 | Marcus Tullius CiceroThere no one will speak his mind except Antius and Favonius, for Cato is ill.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 | Marcus Tullius CiceroFavonius has the good sense to talk about himself occasionally and tell his own experience.
Little Rivers | Henry van Dyke
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