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.