fautor | făvĭtor (noun M) : (uncontr. , Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 23; Plaut. Am. prol. 78 and 79; Cic. Planc. 1, 1, acc. to Cod. Erf.), , faveo
* A favorer, furtherer, promoter, maintainer, patron (class.).
* With gen.: cujus ego dignitatis ab adulescentia fautor (with adjutor),Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf. id. ib. 10, 12 fin.; 12, 25, 3: multi fautores laudis tuae,id. Planc. 23, 55; cf.: studiosi et fautores illius victoriae,id. Att. 1, 16, 8: nobilitatis,id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16; clamor ab utriusque fautoribus oritur,from the partisans,Liv. 1, 48: competitorum,Varr. R. R. 3, 5 fin.: regis,Sall. J. 27, 2: et cultor bonorum (populus),Liv. 9, 46, 13: inepte (i. q. inepte favens) Lucili,Hor. S. 1, 10, 2; cf. veterum,id. Ep. 2, 1, 23: omnes illi fautores illius flagitii,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11: nequitiae,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33.
* With dat.: favitorem tibi me, amicum, amatorem putes, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 23: aetati facieque tuae se Fautorem ostendat, id. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 23: cum tam multos et bonos viros ejus (Plancii) honori viderem esse favitores, etc.,Cic. Planc. 1, 1.
* Absol.: virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus: Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit,i. e. applauders, claqueurs,Plaut. Am. prol. 78 sq.; so Suet. Ner. 43; id. Tit. 8; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66.

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