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|lshtext=<b>flōs</b>: ōris, m. [[root]] fla-; Gr. ἐκ-[[φλαίνω]], to [[stream]] [[forth]]; cf. [[φλασμός]]; Lat. [[flare]], [[flamen]], etc., v. flo,<br /><b>I</b> a [[blossom]], [[flower]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: suaves flores, Lucr. 1, 8: juvat novos decerpere flores, id. 1, 928: [[novi]], Hor. C. 4, 1, 32: recentes, id. ib. 3, 27, 44: verni, id. ib. 2, 11, 9: florum omnium [[varietas]], Cic. de Sen. 15, 54: [[suavitas]] odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus, id. ib. 17, 59: laetissimi flores, id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: ninguntque rosarum Floribus, Lucr. 2, 628: flores rosae, rosarum, Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4: piabunt floribus et vino Genium, id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.: [[fons]] Bandusiae, dulci [[digne]] mero non [[sine]] floribus, id. C. 3, 13, 2: nitidum [[caput]] impedire myrto Aut flore, id. ib. 1, 4, 10: recte [[necne]] [[crocum]] floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc., the [[stage]] strewed [[with]] flowers, id. Ep. 2, 1, 79: carduus florem purpureum mittit [[inter]] medios aculeos, puts [[forth]], Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31: legere, Ov. M. 4, 315.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[honey]] of flowers sucked [[out]] by the bees: rure [[levis]] [[verno]] flores [[apis]] ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos, Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., [[like]] the Gr. [[ἄνθος]], for [[whatever]] forms [[either]] the [[best]] [[part]] or the [[highest]] [[part]] of a [[thing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in postAug. [[prose]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> The [[flower]] of [[any]] [[thing]], i. e. the [[prime]] or [[best]] [[part]], also the [[best]] [[kind]] of [[any]] [[thing]]: [[postquam]] est [[honoratus]] frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of [[wine]], Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so, vini (Bacchi), Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; id. Cas. 3, 5, 16; Lucr. 3, 221.—The [[best]] [[kind]] of [[oil]], Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of [[wax]], id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of [[salt]], id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; [[Cato]], R. R. 88, 2; of [[meal]], Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of [[cream]], Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest [[dish]]: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The [[highest]] [[part]], the [[top]], [[crown]], [[head]] of a [[thing]].—Of the [[froth]] of [[wine]], [[Cato]], R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136.—The blisters, scales [[that]] are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the [[upper]] [[dust]] of [[marble]] or [[gypsum]], Col. 12, 20, 8.—Poet. of the [[first]] [[downy]] hairs of the [[beard]]: [[nunc]] [[primum]] opacat flore [[lanugo]] genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.; Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562: [[ante]] genas dulces [[quam]] [[flos]] juvenilis inumbret, Claud. in Prob. Cons. [[Pan]]. 69.—Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a [[tip]] or [[flash]] of [[flame]], Lucr. 1, 900.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In archit., [[carved]] flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian [[capital]], Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.<br /><b>II</b> Trop., the [[flower]], [[crown]], [[ornament]] of [[any]] [[thing]] ([[class]].; a favorite flg. of Cic.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: ea tempestate [[flos]] poëtarum fuit ([[Plautus]]), Plaut. Cas. prol. 18: sic [[omnis]] [[fetus]] [[repressus]], exustusque siti [[flos]] veteris ubertatis exaruit, Cic. Brut. 4, 16: ([[Ennius]]) [[flos]] delibatus populi ... [[qua]] ([[eloquentia]]) virum excellentem [[praeclare]] tum [[illi]] homines florem populi esse dixerunt, id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.): [[flos]] nobilitatis ac juventutis, id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61: versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore, id. Or. 10, 34; cf.: [[quod]] floris, [[quod]] roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant, Liv. 37, 12, 7: ex morbo [[velut]] renovatus [[flos]] juventae, id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8: [[provincia]] Galliae ... [[ille]] [[flos]] Italiae, illud [[firmamentum]] imperii populi Romani, illud [[ornamentum]] dignitatis, Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: [[flos]] dignitatis, id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.: ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, [[divino]] consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse [[arbitror]], [[splendor]], [[glory]], id. de Or. 3, 3, 12: in ipso Graeciae flore, in the [[very]] [[flower]], the [[most]] [[flourishing]] [[condition]], id. N. D. 3, 33, 82: [[flos]] aetatis, the [[flower]] of one's [[age]], the [[prime]] of [[life]], Lucr. 3, 770; 5, 847; cf.: non venirem [[contra]] gratiam, non virtutis spe, sed aetatis flore collectam, Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.— Without [[aetas]]: Pa. Anni? Ch. Anni? Sedecim. Pa. Flos [[ipse]], Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28: viridissimo flore [[puella]], Cat. 17, 14: in flore [[primo]] tantae indolis juvenis [[exstinctus]] est, Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5: in flore virium se credens esse, Liv. 42, 15, 2: [[primus]] [[flos]] animi, [[youthful]] [[vigor]], Stat. Ach. 1, 625; [[but]] also: [[flos]] animi, [[ripe]] [[age]], Sen. Ep. 26: videmus Vergilium ea de [[causa]] hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores [[modo]] rerum decerpsisse, i. e. the choicest, [[best]], Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.: [[flos]] aetatis, [[maidenly]] or [[youthful]] [[innocence]] (of girls or boys), [[virginity]]: ([[virgo]]) cum [[castum]] amisit polluto corpore florem, Cat. 62, 46: [[Hasdrubal]] flore aetatis, uti ferunt, [[primo]] Hamilcari [[conciliatus]], Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4: florem aetatis (Caesaris) in [[Bithynia]] contaminatum, Suet. Caes. 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of [[speech]], a [[flower]], [[embellishment]], [[ornament]]: ut [[porro]] conspersa [[sit]] ([[oratio]]) [[quasi]] verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96: [[flos]] aut [[lumen]] eloquentiae, id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.: [[nullus]] [[flos]] [[tamen]] [[neque]] [[lumen]] ullum (in M. Crassi oratione), id. ib. 66, 233: florem et colorem defuisse, id. ib. 87, 298: [[alia]] [[copia]] [[locuples]], [[alia]] floribus [[laeta]], Quint. 8, 3, 87: [[male]] audire ... nimiis floribus et ingenii [[affluentia]], id. 12, 10, 13.
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