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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of flōreō (“bloom”)
Pronunciation
Participle
flōrēns (genitive flōrentis, superlative flōrentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle
- blooming, blossoming, flowering
- (figuratively) in the sense of decoration or adornment: blooming, blossoming, flowering
- flourishing, prospering
- abounding
Declension
Third-declension participle.
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