floreo

Latin > English

floreo florere, florui, - V :: flourish, blossom, be prosperous; be in one's prime

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

flōrĕo: ŭi, 2, v. n. flos,
I to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).
I Lit.: per terras frondent atque omnia florent, Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret, Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16: possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra? id. N. D. 2, 7, 19: imputata floret usque vinea, Hor. Epod. 16, 44: vinea, segetes, Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.: narcisso floreat alnus, Verg. E. 8, 52: florentes ferulae, id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.: si bene floreat annus, Ov. F. 5, 327.—
   B Transf.
   1    (Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth: si vinum florere incipiet, Col. 12, 30, 1: vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent, Ov. F. 5, 270.—
   2    To get the first downy beard: libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas, Mart. 3, 6, 4.—
   3    To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.: mare velivolis florebat puppibus, Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.: hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus, id. 1, 255 Lachm.: Hybla multis thymis, Ov. P. 2, 7, 26: jam pridem regio ... undat equis floretque viris, Val. Fl. 1, 547.—
   4    To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors: pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits, Verg. G. 2, 6; of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis, Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.: floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—
   5    To be bright (cf. P. a. infra): lumina floruisse, Tert. Apol. 11: caelum luminibus floruisset, id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—
II Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.
   A Of persons and animate things.
   (a)    With abl.: in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128: privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit, id. de Or. 3, 2, 7: omni genere virtutis, id. Brut. 7, 28: cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi, id. Ac. 2, 6, 16: honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā, id. de Or. 1, 1, 1: gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā, id. Fam. 4, 13, 2: laudibus, id. ib. 9, 14, 2: nobilitate discipulorum, id. de Or. 3, 35, 141: omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae), id. Inv. 2, 1, 1: tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt, id. Or. 5, 20.—
   (b)    With in and abl.: in re militari Epaminondas, Nep. Epam. 5: ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc., Cic. Cael. 24, 59: in foro, id. Ac. 2, 1, 1: in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae, id. Fam. 1, 9, 2: in senectute, id. Lael. 1, 4.—
   (g)    Absol.: ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.: floret Epicurus, id. Off. 3, 33, 116: qui inter illos florebas, id. Quint. 26, 80: cum multis simul floruit, Quint. 3, 1, 9: floruit circa Philippum, id. 12, 10. 6: circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus, is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—
   B Of inanim. and abstr. things.
   (a)    With abl.: illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit, Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4: doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit, id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31: meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat, id. Sest. 63, 131: aliquid floret laudibus, Lucr. 5, 1279.—
   (b)    Absol.: quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat, Cic. Lael. 4, 13: quae familia admodum floruit, Suet. Ner. 6: quorum auctoritas maxime florebat, Cic. Rep. 2, 34: gloria generis floret, id. Fl. 11, 25: verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque, Hor. A. P. 62: aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas, to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.
   A Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright (poet. and in postclass. prose): Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est, Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804: lucernarum florentia lumina flammis, Lucr. 4, 450; so, smaragdi arcano igne, Stat. Th. 2, 276: postes arcano lumine, id. ib. 1, 210: catervae aere, Verg. A. 7, 804: exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis, Gell. 5, 5, 2.—
   2    Abounding in flowers: vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti, Ov. M. 7, 702.—Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland: do hanc tibi florentem florenti, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. β infra).—
   B Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.
   1    Of animate things.
   (a)    With abl.: complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis, Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2: gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15: regina Berenice florens aetate formaque, Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.: ambo florentes aetatibus, Verg. E. 7, 4.—
   (b)    Absol.: qui te beatum, qui florentem putas, Cic. Par. 2, 18: quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram, id. Planc. 35, 86: oratores florentes et leviter ornati, id. Or. 6, 20: florens et illustris adolescens, Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.—Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—
   2    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
   (a)    With abl.: florentes viribus anni, Sil. 1, 226; so, anni vigore, Petr. 132: animus vino, joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—
   (b)    Absol.: (majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.: civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens, Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3: invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae, Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210: florens amicitia (opp. afflicta), id. Quint. 30, 93: quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.: neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret, Sall. J. 83, 1: florentes Etruscorum opes, Liv. 1, 2, 3: florentissima Samnitium castra, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: equus florenti aetate, Lucr. 5, 1074: aevo florente puellae, id. 3, 1008; cf.: adhuc florente juventa Fervidus, Hor. A. P. 115: florentissima ejus erat aetas, Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo ἄνθη ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.: modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio), id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96: oratio florentissima, Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf. also: florentis facundiae homo, id. 19, 9, 2 —Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

flōrĕō,⁹ ŭī, ēre, intr. (flos),
1 fleurir, être en fleur [pr. et fig.] : hæc arbor ter floret Cic. Div. 1, 16, cet arbre fleurit trois fois ; terra floret Cic. Nat. 2, 19, la terre se couvre de fleurs || florent modo nata (verba) Hor. P. 62, (les mots) nés récemment sont en pleine fleur ; Græcia tunc florebat Cic. Læl. 13, la Grèce était alors florissante ; in aliqua re florere Cic. Or. 20 ; Cæl. 59 ; Fam. 1, 9, 2 ; Nep. Epam. 5, 3, briller dans qqch. ; in Græcia musici floruerunt Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, en Grèce les musiciens eurent un grand éclat || [avec abl.] : ætate et virium robore Liv. 29, 1, 2, être dans sa fleur sous le rapport de l’âge et de la vigueur physique ; acumine ingenii Cic. Ac. 2, 16, briller par la pénétration de son esprit ; nobilitate discipulorum Cic. de Or. 3, 141, briller par l’illustration de ses disciples ; in urbe gratia, auctoritate, gloria Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2, être distingué dans la ville par son crédit, son prestige, sa gloire
2 [fig.] a) [avec abl.] être fleuri de, garni de : mare velis florere videres Cat. d. Char. 185, on eût pu voir la mer toute fleurie de voiles ; b) avoir des couleurs brillantes : tibi pampineo gravidus autumno floret ager Virg. G. 2, 6, en ton honneur, la terre se diapre sous le pampre automnal qui la couvre ; c) [en parl. du vin qui travaille (fermente) en tonneau] : Col. Rust. 12, 30, 1 ; Ov. F. 5, 270. part. fut. floriturus Pomp. Porphyr. Hor. O. 2, 20, 6.

Latin > German (Georges)

flōreo, uī, ēre (flos), blühen, in Blüte stehen, I) eig. u. bildl.: A) eig.: florent segetes, vinea, Ov.: floret arbor, Cic.: florentes ferulae, Verg.: floret terra (Ggstz. horret), Cic.: floret annus, blüht, ist voller Blüte, Ov. – B) bildl.: a) v. Lebl.: verborum vetus interit aetas, et iuvenum ritu florent modo nata virentque, erblüht u. grünt (= kommt auf), Hor.: florens vino animus, fröhlicher, Gell. – b) (wie ἀκμάζω) v. Pers.u. pers. Verhältnissen, blühen = glänzen, in glänzenden Verhältnissen leben, hoch stehen, in hohem Ansehen stehen, auf der Höhe der Macht und des Glückes stehen, sehr geachtet sein oder werden, eine bedeutende Rolle spielen, sich hervortun, floret Epicurus, Cic.: in sententiis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae, Cic.: in re militari, Nep.: Ggstz., quemadmodum urbium imperiorumque, ita gentium (der Familien) nunc florere fortunam, nunc senescere, nunc interire, Vell. 2, 11, 3. – m. Abl. der Ursache, etw. im hohen Grade genießen, etw. im hohen Grade besitzen, sich einer Sache im hohen Grade zu erfreuen haben, mit etw. glänzend ausgestattet sein, an etw. Überfluß haben, aetate, in der Blüte seiner Fahre stehen, Liv.: gratiā et auctoritate, Cic.: favore, Vell.: laudibus, Cic.: acumine ingenii, Cic.: honoribus, Cic.: omnibus copiis, Cic.: famā iustitiae, Nep. Vgl. florens. – II) übtr.: A) (poet.) von etw. prangen = voll sein, tibi pampineo gravidus autumno floret ager, Verg.: mare florebat navibus, Lucr.: absol., genae florentes, auf denen die ersten Flaumen sprossen, Mart. 3, 6, 4. – B) schimmern, glänzen, florentes aere catervae, Verg.: oves nitentes aurique colore florentes, Apul.: exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis florens Macr.: florentia lumina flammis, Lucr.: variis floret via discolor armis, Val. Flacc.: genae florent, glänzen, Stat. – C) vom Weine = (im Fasse) schäumen, Col. 12, 30, 1. Ov. fast. 5, 270. – / Partiz. Fut. akt. floriturus, Porphyr. Hor. carm. 2, 20, 6 (wo carmina sua semper floritura). Paul. Nol. (?) ep. s. Clem. in. im Spic. Solesm. 1. p. 393 Pitra (wo quod virga Aaron floritura esset). – Nbf. flōrio, īre, s. bes.

Latin > Chinese

floreo, es, ui, ere. n. 2. (flos.) :: 開花。光天化日。興旺。有瑞氣。豐盛。出名。— gratia et auctoritate 人衆愛而服彼。 forma 其美容非凡。— ingenio 其才智非凡。— aetate 方壯年之時。