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1 flōsculus
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2 floscellus
floscellus, i, m. dim. [flos], a floweret:ad solis cursum floscelli se vertunt,
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3 floscula
floscŭlus, i, m. (collat. form, floscŭ-la, ae, f., Fulg. Serm. 6), dim. [flos], a little flower, floweret (rare but class.).I.Lit.:B.ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43.—Transf., the part of a fruit where the blossom was, the eye, Col. 12, 45, 5.—II.Trop., the flower, pride, ornament:B.non enim flosculos... sed, jam decimum aetatis ingressus annum, certos atque deformatos fructus ostenderat,
Quint. 6 praef. § 9; Cat. 24, 1:vitae,
i. e. youth, Juv. 9, 127.—In partic., of speech.1.Flower of rhetoric, ornament:2.omnes undique flosculos carpere atque delibare,
Cic. Sest. 56, 119; cf.:juvenibus flosculos omnium partium in ea, quae sunt dicturi, congerentibus,
Quint. 10, 5, 23; 2, 5, 22; 12, 10, 73:ut Noctes istae quadam tenus his quoque historiae flosculis leviter injectis aspergerentur,
Gell. 17, 2, 1.— -
4 flosculus
floscŭlus, i, m. (collat. form, floscŭ-la, ae, f., Fulg. Serm. 6), dim. [flos], a little flower, floweret (rare but class.).I.Lit.:B.ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43.—Transf., the part of a fruit where the blossom was, the eye, Col. 12, 45, 5.—II.Trop., the flower, pride, ornament:B.non enim flosculos... sed, jam decimum aetatis ingressus annum, certos atque deformatos fructus ostenderat,
Quint. 6 praef. § 9; Cat. 24, 1:vitae,
i. e. youth, Juv. 9, 127.—In partic., of speech.1.Flower of rhetoric, ornament:2.omnes undique flosculos carpere atque delibare,
Cic. Sest. 56, 119; cf.:juvenibus flosculos omnium partium in ea, quae sunt dicturi, congerentibus,
Quint. 10, 5, 23; 2, 5, 22; 12, 10, 73:ut Noctes istae quadam tenus his quoque historiae flosculis leviter injectis aspergerentur,
Gell. 17, 2, 1.—
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