florens

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See also: Florens and Flórens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of flōreō (bloom)

Participle

flōrēns (genitive flōrentis, superlative flōrentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. blooming, blossoming, flowering
  2. (figuratively) in the sense of decoration or adornment: blooming, blossoming, flowering
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.202:
      et variīs flōrentia līmina sertīs.
      and the doorways blooming with varied woven garlands.
      (See: Iarbas.)
  3. flourishing, prospering
  4. abounding

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative flōrēns flōrentēs flōrentia
Genitive flōrentis flōrentium
Dative flōrentī flōrentibus
Accusative flōrentem flōrēns flōrentēs
flōrentīs
flōrentia
Ablative flōrente
flōrentī1
flōrentibus
Vocative flōrēns flōrentēs flōrentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

References

  • florens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • florens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • florens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a democratic leader: homo florens in populari ratione