Lewis & Short

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1. făventĭa, ae, f. [faveo], a being favorable, i. e. keeping silence at religious ceremonies: faventiam bonam ominationem significat. Nam praecones clamantes populum sacrificiis favere jubebant, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 6 Müll.: augustam adhibebant faventiam, Att. ap. Non. 206, 2; (ore obsceno dicta segregent, Non.), Cypr. Ep. 2, 4.

2. Făventĭa, ae, f.,

  1. I. a city of Gallia Cisalpina, which produced excellent linen cloth, now Faënza, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Liv. Epit. 88; Vell. 2, 28, 1; Sil. 8, 598.
  2. II. Deriv.
    1. A. Făventīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Faventia, Faventine: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Col. 3, 3, 2: lina, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9.
    2. B. Făventīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Faventia, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 116.