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Latin
Etymology
From flōreō (“I bloom, flower”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
Verb
flōrēscō (present infinitive flōrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- to flower (begin to blossom)
- to begin to prosper or flourish
Conjugation
- A future passive participle occurs once in the phrase rēbus flōrēscendīs praeesse from the Fasti Praenestini.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “floresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “floresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- floresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.