Florus

διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Flōrus: i, m.,
I a Roman surname. So esp.,
I Julius Florus, a celebrated orator of Gaul, a pupil of Portius Latro, Quint. 10, 3, 13 Spald.; perh. the same to whom the three epistles of the 1st book and the two of the 2d book of the Epistles of Horace are addressed.—
II Florus, called in some MSS. L. Annaeus, in others Julius, who compiled a brief history of Rome; he probably wrote in the time of Hadrian; v. Dict. of Biogr. 2, p. 176 sq.; Teuffel, Roem. Lit. p. 786 sq.—
III Gessius Florus, procurator of Judaea in the reign of Nero, Tac. H. 5, 10.—
Julius Florus, a nobleman of the Treviri, a leader of revolt, Tac. A. 3, 40 sqq.

(2) Flōrus,¹² ī, m., nom d’homme : Tac. H. 5, 10 || L. Annæus Florus, historien latin [Espagnol d’origine].

(2) Flōrus², ī, m., L. Annaeus, ein röm. Geschichtschreiber zur Zeit Trajans u. Hadrians, Verf. eines Abrisses der röm. Geschichte bis auf Augustus. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.⁶ § 348.