Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Favissae

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

FAVIS'SAE. Pits, or cellars constructed underneath a temple, in which the sacred implements, ornaments, furniture, or other property belonging to the edifice were stowed away after they had become unfit for use. (Varro, ap. Gell. ii. 10. Brocchi, Suola di Roma p. 152.) Three pits of this nature were discovered under the ruins of an ancient temple at Fiesole, filled with broken musical instruments, various implements and utensils in ivory and bronze, as well as idols, lamps, and fictile vases, all damaged and mutilated. Giornal. Arcad. tom. iii. p. 119.