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|lshtext=<b>Flōra</b>: ae, f. [[flos]], v. flo,<br /><b>I</b> the [[goddess]] of flowers, whose [[festival]] [[was]] [[celebrated]] on the 28th of April, [[often]] [[with]] [[unbridled]] license, Ov. F. 5, 195 sq.; Lact. 1, 20, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; id. L. L. 5, §§ 45, 74; Lucr. 5, 739; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36; Tac. A. 2, 49; Mart. 1, 1, 1: omnia Florae aulaea, Juv. 14, 262 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Flōrĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Flora]]: [[apud]] M. Catonem in re Floria ita [[scriptum]], [[respecting]] the [[festival]] of [[Flora]], Gell. 9, 12, 7.— More freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Flōrālis, e, adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to [[Flora]], Floral: [[flamen]], Varr. L. L. 7, § 45: joci, Lact. 1, 20, 6; Sen. Ep. 97, p. 80 Bip.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to the [[festival]] of [[Flora]], of the [[Floralia]]: [[sacrum]], Ov. F. 4, 947: dignissima [[tuba]] Florali [[matrona]], Juv. 6, 250: ludi, Inscr. Orell. 2545.— In plur. subst.: Flōrālĭa, ium and ōrum, n., the [[festival]] of [[Flora]]: Florae ludi [[Floralia]] instituti, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Quint. 1, 5, 52: (prisci) [[Floralia]] IIII. Kal. Mai. instituerunt urbis [[anno]] DXIII. ex oraculis Sibyllae, ut omnia [[bene]] deflorescerent, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 286: [[Varro]] Floralium, non Floraliorum ait, cum non ludos Florales [[illic]], sed ipsum festum, [[Floralia]], significaret, Macr. S. 1, 4, 14; Pers. 5, 178: solenni Floraliorum [[die]], Just. 43, 4, 6.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Flō-rālĭcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the [[feast]] of [[Flora]]: et Floralicias lasset [[arena]] feras, i. e. designed for the combats exhibited [[during]] the [[festival]] of [[Flora]], Mart. 8, 67, 4.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * flōrālĭa, ium, n. [[flos]], a flowergarden, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 4.

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