Editing Faustulus (section)

== Etymology ==
Faustulus' name being tied to that of ''faunus'' is generally rejected by the scholarship, with many detailing how Faustulus is derived from ''faveo'' (Latin: befriend, support, back up). The name Faustulus is further derived from ''favestos'', as the "verbal adjective underlying his name, must be linked to the religious sense of ''faveo'' expressed in the ritual formula ''favete linguis"''<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Noonan|first=J. D.|date=1993|title=Daunus/Faunus in "Aeneid" 12|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25010986|journal=Classical Antiquity|volume=12|issue=1|pages=111–125|doi=10.2307/25010986|jstor=25010986|issn=0278-6656}}</ref> meaning 'be silent'. These Latin roots help to explain why Faustulus remained silent about the nature of Romulus and Remus' lineage for so long. Many have historically viewed Faustulus as a "wolfish" character, but this has no historical or etymological basis, and is generally thought to be the result of popular association of fauna and Faustulus.<ref name=":3" />