Faustus

See also: faustus

Latin

Etymology

From faustus (“auspicious, lucky”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfau̯s.tus/, [ˈfäu̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfau̯s.tus/, [ˈfäu̯st̪us]

Proper noun

Faustus m sg (genitive Faustī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Quintus Anicius Faustus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Faustus
genitive	Faustī
dative	Faustō
accusative	Faustum
ablative	Faustō
vocative	Fauste

Derived terms

• Fausta
• Faustiānus

References

• “Faustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “Faustus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.