The god who taught Roman children to utter their first word. It was the god Vagitan-us (q.v.) who taught them to utter their first cry. From fari, to speak (Varro).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.