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1 primitivus
prīmĭtīvus, a, um, adj. [id.], the first or earliest of its kind, primitive (post-Aug.):B.flores,
that blossom first, Col. 9, 13:anni,
the first, id. Arb. 23.—Gram. t. t. (for the class. primigenius, nativus):2.verba,
primitives, Prisc. p. 824 P.—Esp., the first-born: fetus, Prud. steph. 10, 828:primitivum in pecoribus,
Vulg. Exod. 13, 12:primitivo suo,
id. 3 Reg. 16, 34.— Trop.:Asiae in Christo,
Vulg. Rom. 16, 5. -
2 flos
flōs, ōris, m. [root fla-; Gr. ek-phlainô, to stream forth; cf. phlasmos; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo], a blossom, flower.I.Lit.:B.suaves flores,
Lucr. 1, 8:juvat novos decerpere flores,
id. 1, 928:novi,
Hor. C. 4, 1, 32:recentes,
id. ib. 3, 27, 44:verni,
id. ib. 2, 11, 9:florum omnium varietas,
Cic. de Sen. 15, 54:suavitas odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus,
id. ib. 17, 59:laetissimi flores,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:ninguntque rosarum Floribus,
Lucr. 2, 628:flores rosae, rosarum,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4:piabunt floribus et vino Genium,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.:fons Bandusiae, dulci digne mero non sine floribus,
id. C. 3, 13, 2:nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,
id. ib. 1, 4, 10:recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,
the stage strewed with flowers, id. Ep. 2, 1, 79:carduus florem purpureum mittit inter medios aculeos,
puts forth, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31:legere,
Ov. M. 4, 315.—Transf.1.The honey of flowers sucked out by the bees:2.rure levis verno flores apis ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos,
Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.—In gen., like the Gr. anthos, for whatever forms either the best part or the highest part of a thing (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).—a.The flower of any thing, i. e. the prime or best part, also the best kind of any thing: postquam est honoratus frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of wine, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so,b.vini (Bacchi),
Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; id. Cas. 3, 5, 16; Lucr. 3, 221.— The best kind of oil, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of wax, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of salt, id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; Cato, R. R. 88, 2; of meal, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of cream, Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest dish: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—The highest part, the top, crown, head of a thing.—Of the froth of wine, Cato, R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136.—The blisters, scales that are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the upper dust of marble or gypsum, Col. 12, 20, 8.— Poet. of the first downy hairs of the beard: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.; Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562:3.ante genas dulces quam flos juvenilis inumbret,
Claud. in Prob. Cons. Pan. 69.—Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a tip or flash of flame, Lucr. 1, 900.—In archit., carved flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian capital, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.II. A.In gen.:2.ea tempestate flos poëtarum fuit (Plautus),
Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque siti flos veteris ubertatis exaruit,
Cic. Brut. 4, 16:(Ennius) flos delibatus populi... qua (eloquentia) virum excellentem praeclare tum illi homines florem populi esse dixerunt,
id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.):flos nobilitatis ac juventutis,
id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61:versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,
id. Or. 10, 34; cf.:quod floris, quod roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant,
Liv. 37, 12, 7:ex morbo velut renovatus flos juventae,
id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8:provincia Galliae... ille flos Italiae, illud firmamentum imperii populi Romani, illud ornamentum dignitatis,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:flos dignitatis,
id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.:ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, divino consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse arbitror,
splendor, glory, id. de Or. 3, 3, 12:in ipso Graeciae flore,
in the very flower, the most flourishing condition, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82:flos aetatis,
the flower of one's age, the prime of life, Lucr. 3, 770; 5, 847; cf.:non venirem contra gratiam, non virtutis spe, sed aetatis flore collectam,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.— Without aetas: Pa. Anni? Ch. Anni? Sedecim. Pa. Flos ipse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:viridissimo flore puella,
Cat. 17, 14:in flore primo tantae indolis juvenis exstinctus est,
Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5:in flore virium se credens esse,
Liv. 42, 15, 2:primus flos animi,
youthful vigor, Stat. Ach. 1, 625;but also: flos animi,
ripe age, Sen. Ep. 26:videmus Vergilium ea de causa hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores modo rerum decerpsisse,
i. e. the choicest, best, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.—Transf.: flos aetatis, maidenly or youthful innocence (of girls or boys), virginity:B.(virgo) cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem,
Cat. 62, 46:Hasdrubal flore aetatis, uti ferunt, primo Hamilcari conciliatus,
Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4:florem aetatis (Caesaris) in Bithynia contaminatum,
Suet. Caes. 49.—In partic., of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament:ut porro conspersa sit (oratio) quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96:flos aut lumen eloquentiae,
id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.:nullus flos tamen neque lumen ullum (in M. Crassi oratione),
id. ib. 66, 233:florem et colorem defuisse,
id. ib. 87, 298:alia copia locuples, alia floribus laeta,
Quint. 8, 3, 87:male audire... nimiis floribus et ingenii affluentia,
id. 12, 10, 13.
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