FAVONIUS

Date "FAVONIUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

"FAVONIUS" is a common misspelling or typo for: favonian, felonies, felonious.

Specialty Definition: FAVONIUS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Favonius The zephyr or west wind. It means the wind favourable to vegetation. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Favonius

In Roman mythology, Favonius ("favorable") held dominion over plants and flowers. He was generally equated with the Greek Zephyrus.

Favonius was also a Roman nomen.

Marcus Favonius, praetor 49 BC
Favonius Eulogius, rhetor of Carthage contemporary with Saint Augustine, wrote a Disputatio de somnio Scipionis
Marcus Favonius Facilis, a centurion of Legion XX who died in Britain and whose tombstone is displayed in Colchester museum Photo of tombstone

No doubt inspired by the tombstone, the computer game Dark Ages of Camelot features a powerful undead monster named Favonius Facilis.

Anagrams: FAVONIUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-i-n-o-s-u-v"
	-2 letters: avions, fusain, fusion, vinous.
	-3 letters: avion, aviso, fanos, fauns, favus, finos, foins, infos, naifs, novas, savin, snafu, unais, vinas, vinos.
	-4 letters: ains, anis, anus, avos, fain, fano, fans, faun, fino, fins, foin, fons, funs, info, ions, naif, naoi, naos, nous, nova, oafs, onus, sain, sofa, unai, vain, vans, vaus, vina, vino, visa.
	-5 letters: ain.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-i-n-o-s-u-v"
	+3 letters: vouchsafing.
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