flos: Difference between revisions
Πολλοῖς ὁ Δαίμων, οὐ κατ' εὔνοιαν φέρων, / Μεγάλα δίδωσιν εὐτυχήματ' ... (Euripides) → God brings great good fortune to many, not out of good will,...
m (Text replacement - "]]>" to "]]") |
(D_4) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Lewis | {{Lewis | ||
|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 /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <b>3</b> 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 /> <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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <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. | |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 /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <b>3</b> 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 /> <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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <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. | ||
}} | |||
{{Gaffiot | |||
|gf=<b>flōs</b>,⁸ ōris, m., fleur : Cic. CM 54 || suc de fleurs : Virg. G. 4, 39 || parfum ou bouquet du vin : Pl. Cas. 640 ; Lucr. 3, 221 || la partie la [[plus]] [[fine]] : [fleur de farine] Plin. 18, 86 ; olei Plin. 15, 23, huile de premier choix ; salis [[Cato]] Agr. 88, 2, sel très blanc ; æris Plin. 34, 107, fleur de cuivre ; gypsi Col. Rust. 12, 20, 8, poussière du plâtre ; cenæ Gell. 15, 8, 2, le [[plus]] fin morceau du dîner || [poét.] duvet : Virg. En. 8, 160 || [fig.] élite : juventutis Cic. Phil. 2, 27, la fleur de la jeunesse ; in flore [[virium]] Liv. 42, 15, 2, en pleine force ; ætatis Liv. 21, 2, 3, la fleur de l’âge || [rhét.] eloquentiæ Cic. Br. 66, les fleurs de l’éloquence ; verborum sententiarumque flores Cic. de Or. 3, 96, les figures de mots et de pensées || la fleur du chapiteau ; feuille d’acanthe : Vitr. Arch. 9, 1, 12. n. à la décad. : Pelag. Vet. 14 ; Garg. Cura 29. | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 06:41, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flōs: ōris, m. root fla-; Gr. ἐκ-φλαίνω, to stream forth; cf. φλασμός; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo,
I a blossom, flower.
I 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.—
B Transf.
1 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.—
2 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).—
a 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.—
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.—
3 In archit., carved flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian capital, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.
II Trop., the flower, crown, ornament of any thing (class.; a favorite flg. of Cic.).
A 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.—
2 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.—
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flōs,⁸ ōris, m., fleur : Cic. CM 54
