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Latin
Etymology
From faustus (“auspicious, lucky”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Faustus m sg (genitive Faustī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Quintus Anicius Faustus, a Roman consul
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Faustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Faustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.