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1 floridus
flōrĭdus, a, um, adj. [flos], full of or abounding with flowers, flowery (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).I.Lit.:B. II.hydrauli hortabere, ut audiat voces potius quam Platonis? expones, quae spectet, florida et varia?
Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43:serta,
garlands of flowers, Ov. F. 6, 312:prata,
Lucr. 5, 785; cf.Hybla,
Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 38.—Trop., blooming, beautiful:puellula,
Cat. 61, 57; cf.:Galatea Floridior prato, longa procerior alno,
Ov. M. 13, 790:aetas,
the bloom of youth, Cat. 68, 16; cf.:novitas mundi,
Lucr. 5, 943:florida et vegeta forma,
Suet. Galb. 20:Demetrius Phalereus est floridior, ut ita dicam, quam Hyperides,
flowery, florid, Cic. Brut. 82, 285; cf.: tertium (dicendi genus) alii medium ex duobus, alii floridum (namque id anthêron appellant) addiderunt, Quint. 12, 10, 58:floridius genus (scriptorum),
id. 2, 5, 18:oratio,
id. 8, 3, 74:floridissimus tui sermonis afflatus,
Aus. Ep. 17:floridior in declamando quam in agendo,
Sen. Contr. 4 praef. 5. — Adv.: flōrĭde, with flowers, brightly:depicta vestis,
App. M. 11 fin.:ecclesia clarius ac floridius enituit,
Lact. Mort. Pers. 3. -
2 flōrēns
flōrēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup. [P. of floreo], blooming, flowering, in bloom: cytisus, V.: herbae, V.— Abounding in flowers, flowery: Hymettus, O.— Shining, bright: catervae aere, V.— Fig., flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, excellent: quos ego florentīs sine ferro viceram: auctor florentissimus, S.: adulescens, Cs.: gratiā: Ambo aetatibus, V.—Plur. as subst, the prosperous, N.—Of things: res p. florentissima: modus nullus est florentior, etc.: fortuna imperatoris: florentissimis rebus domos relinquere, Cs.: florentīs res suas cum Iugurthae perditis miscere, S.: opes, L.: florente iuventā Fervidus, H.: aetate formāque, in youthful beauty, Ta.* * *florentis (gen.), florentior -or -us, florentissimus -a -um ADJblooming/in bloom, flowering; flowery, bright/shining; flourishing, prosperous -
3 florentes
flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).I.Lit.:B.per terras frondent atque omnia florent,
Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,
Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?
id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:imputata floret usque vinea,
Hor. Epod. 16, 44:vinea, segetes,
Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:narcisso floreat alnus,
Verg. E. 8, 52:florentes ferulae,
id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:si bene floreat annus,
Ov. F. 5, 327.—Transf.1.(Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:2.si vinum florere incipiet,
Col. 12, 30, 1:vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,
Ov. F. 5, 270.—To get the first downy beard:3.libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,
Mart. 3, 6, 4.—To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:4.mare velivolis florebat puppibus,
Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,
id. 1, 255 Lachm.:Hybla multis thymis,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,
Val. Fl. 1, 547.—To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:5.pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,
Verg. G. 2, 6;of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,
Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):II.lumina floruisse,
Tert. Apol. 11:caelum luminibus floruisset,
id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.A.Of persons and animate things.(α).With abl.:(β).in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,
id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:omni genere virtutis,
id. Brut. 7, 28:cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,
id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:laudibus,
id. ib. 9, 14, 2:nobilitate discipulorum,
id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,
id. Or. 5, 20.—With in and abl.:(γ).in re militari Epaminondas,
Nep. Epam. 5:ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,
Cic. Cael. 24, 59:in foro,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:in senectute,
id. Lael. 1, 4.—Absol.:B.ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:floret Epicurus,
id. Off. 3, 33, 116:qui inter illos florebas,
id. Quint. 26, 80:cum multis simul floruit,
Quint. 3, 1, 9:floruit circa Philippum,
id. 12, 10. 6:circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,
is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—Of inanim. and abstr. things.(α).With abl.:(β).illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,
Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,
id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,
id. Sest. 63, 131:aliquid floret laudibus,
Lucr. 5, 1279.—Absol.:A.quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,
Cic. Lael. 4, 13:quae familia admodum floruit,
Suet. Ner. 6:quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:gloria generis floret,
id. Fl. 11, 25:verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,
Hor. A. P. 62:aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,
to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):2.Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,
Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,
Lucr. 4, 450; so,smaragdi arcano igne,
Stat. Th. 2, 276:postes arcano lumine,
id. ib. 1, 210:catervae aere,
Verg. A. 7, 804:exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,
Gell. 5, 5, 2.—Abounding in flowers:B. 1.vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,
Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:do hanc tibi florentem florenti,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—Of animate things.(α).With abl.:(β).complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,
Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,
Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:ambo florentes aetatibus,
Verg. E. 7, 4.—Absol.:2.qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,
Cic. Par. 2, 18:quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,
id. Planc. 35, 86:oratores florentes et leviter ornati,
id. Or. 6, 20:florens et illustris adolescens,
Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—Of inanim. and abstr. things.(α).With abl.:(β).florentes viribus anni,
Sil. 1, 226; so,anni vigore,
Petr. 132:animus vino,
joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—Absol.:(majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,
Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),
id. Quint. 30, 93:quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,
Sall. J. 83, 1:florentes Etruscorum opes,
Liv. 1, 2, 3:florentissima Samnitium castra,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:equus florenti aetate,
Lucr. 5, 1074:aevo florente puellae,
id. 3, 1008; cf.:adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,
Hor. A. P. 115:florentissima ejus erat aetas,
Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),
id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:oratio florentissima,
Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.also: florentis facundiae homo,
id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358. -
4 floreo
flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).I.Lit.:B.per terras frondent atque omnia florent,
Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,
Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?
id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:imputata floret usque vinea,
Hor. Epod. 16, 44:vinea, segetes,
Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:narcisso floreat alnus,
Verg. E. 8, 52:florentes ferulae,
id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:si bene floreat annus,
Ov. F. 5, 327.—Transf.1.(Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:2.si vinum florere incipiet,
Col. 12, 30, 1:vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,
Ov. F. 5, 270.—To get the first downy beard:3.libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,
Mart. 3, 6, 4.—To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:4.mare velivolis florebat puppibus,
Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,
id. 1, 255 Lachm.:Hybla multis thymis,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,
Val. Fl. 1, 547.—To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:5.pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,
Verg. G. 2, 6;of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,
Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,
Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):II.lumina floruisse,
Tert. Apol. 11:caelum luminibus floruisset,
id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.A.Of persons and animate things.(α).With abl.:(β).in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,
id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:omni genere virtutis,
id. Brut. 7, 28:cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,
id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:laudibus,
id. ib. 9, 14, 2:nobilitate discipulorum,
id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,
id. Or. 5, 20.—With in and abl.:(γ).in re militari Epaminondas,
Nep. Epam. 5:ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,
Cic. Cael. 24, 59:in foro,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:in senectute,
id. Lael. 1, 4.—Absol.:B.ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:floret Epicurus,
id. Off. 3, 33, 116:qui inter illos florebas,
id. Quint. 26, 80:cum multis simul floruit,
Quint. 3, 1, 9:floruit circa Philippum,
id. 12, 10. 6:circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,
is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—Of inanim. and abstr. things.(α).With abl.:(β).illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,
Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,
id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,
id. Sest. 63, 131:aliquid floret laudibus,
Lucr. 5, 1279.—Absol.:A.quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,
Cic. Lael. 4, 13:quae familia admodum floruit,
Suet. Ner. 6:quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,
Cic. Rep. 2, 34:gloria generis floret,
id. Fl. 11, 25:verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,
Hor. A. P. 62:aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,
to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):2.Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,
Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,
Lucr. 4, 450; so,smaragdi arcano igne,
Stat. Th. 2, 276:postes arcano lumine,
id. ib. 1, 210:catervae aere,
Verg. A. 7, 804:exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,
Gell. 5, 5, 2.—Abounding in flowers:B. 1.vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,
Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:do hanc tibi florentem florenti,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—Of animate things.(α).With abl.:(β).complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,
Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,
Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:ambo florentes aetatibus,
Verg. E. 7, 4.—Absol.:2.qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,
Cic. Par. 2, 18:quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,
id. Planc. 35, 86:oratores florentes et leviter ornati,
id. Or. 6, 20:florens et illustris adolescens,
Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—Of inanim. and abstr. things.(α).With abl.:(β).florentes viribus anni,
Sil. 1, 226; so,anni vigore,
Petr. 132:animus vino,
joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—Absol.:(majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,
Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),
id. Quint. 30, 93:quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,
Sall. J. 83, 1:florentes Etruscorum opes,
Liv. 1, 2, 3:florentissima Samnitium castra,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:equus florenti aetate,
Lucr. 5, 1074:aevo florente puellae,
id. 3, 1008; cf.:adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,
Hor. A. P. 115:florentissima ejus erat aetas,
Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),
id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:oratio florentissima,
Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.also: florentis facundiae homo,
id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358. -
5 florosus
flōrōsus, a, um, adj. [flos], abounding in flowers, Venant. Carm. 5, 6, 7. -
6 florulentus
I.Lit.:II.Hymettus,
Sol. 7: purpurae, i. e. rosae purpureae, Auct. Pervig. Ven. 19.— -
7 Hybla
Hybla, ae, and Hyblē, ēs, f., =Hublê, a mountain of Sicily abounding in flowers and bees, with a city of the same name, Plin. 11, 13, 13, § 32; Verg. E. 7, 37; Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 22; Sil. 14, 200; Mart. 7, 88, 8; 10, 12, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 16.—II.Derivv.A.Hy-blaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Hybla, Hyblean:B.apes,
Verg. E. 1, 55:mella,
Mart. 11, 42:avena,
i. e. of the Sicilian Theocritus, Calp. Ecl. 4, 6, 3.—Hyblenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of the city of Hybla, Hybleans, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102. -
8 Hyblaeus
Hybla, ae, and Hyblē, ēs, f., =Hublê, a mountain of Sicily abounding in flowers and bees, with a city of the same name, Plin. 11, 13, 13, § 32; Verg. E. 7, 37; Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 22; Sil. 14, 200; Mart. 7, 88, 8; 10, 12, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 16.—II.Derivv.A.Hy-blaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Hybla, Hyblean:B.apes,
Verg. E. 1, 55:mella,
Mart. 11, 42:avena,
i. e. of the Sicilian Theocritus, Calp. Ecl. 4, 6, 3.—Hyblenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of the city of Hybla, Hybleans, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102. -
9 Hyble
Hybla, ae, and Hyblē, ēs, f., =Hublê, a mountain of Sicily abounding in flowers and bees, with a city of the same name, Plin. 11, 13, 13, § 32; Verg. E. 7, 37; Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 22; Sil. 14, 200; Mart. 7, 88, 8; 10, 12, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 16.—II.Derivv.A.Hy-blaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Hybla, Hyblean:B.apes,
Verg. E. 1, 55:mella,
Mart. 11, 42:avena,
i. e. of the Sicilian Theocritus, Calp. Ecl. 4, 6, 3.—Hyblenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of the city of Hybla, Hybleans, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102. -
10 Hyblenses
Hybla, ae, and Hyblē, ēs, f., =Hublê, a mountain of Sicily abounding in flowers and bees, with a city of the same name, Plin. 11, 13, 13, § 32; Verg. E. 7, 37; Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 22; Sil. 14, 200; Mart. 7, 88, 8; 10, 12, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 16.—II.Derivv.A.Hy-blaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Hybla, Hyblean:B.apes,
Verg. E. 1, 55:mella,
Mart. 11, 42:avena,
i. e. of the Sicilian Theocritus, Calp. Ecl. 4, 6, 3.—Hyblenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of the city of Hybla, Hybleans, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102. -
11 multiflorus
multĭflōrus, a, um, adj. [multus-flos], abounding in flowers, Isid. 17, 9, 11.
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Terminology for Asteraceae — NOTOC accrescent *Growing larger after flowering.1913] achene *achene *A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. *small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed… … Wikipedia