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Latin
Etymology
From dēflōreō + -scō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēflōrēscō (present infinitive dēflōrēscere, perfect active dēflōruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to shed blossoms
- to fade, wither, decay, decline
Conjugation
References
- “defloresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “defloresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- defloresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.