floreo
See also: floreó
Latin
Etymology
From flōs (“flower”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfloː.re.oː/, [ˈfɫ̪oːreoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflo.re.o/, [ˈflɔːreo]
Verb
flōreō (present infinitive flōrēre, perfect active flōruī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I bloom, blossom, flower
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.263-266:
- ‘sī bene flōruerint segetēs, erit āreā dīves;
sī bene flōruerit vīnea, Bacchus erit;
sī bene flōruerint oleae, nitidissimus annus,
pōmaque prōventum temporis huius habent.’- “If the crops blossom well, the threshing floor will be rich; if the vineyard blossoms well, Bacchus will be [pleased]; if the olive trees blossom well, the year [will be] most polished [with oil], and fruits [will also] have the prosperity of this season.”
(Translating the Latin future perfect tense as English present tense. The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)
- “If the crops blossom well, the threshing floor will be rich; if the vineyard blossoms well, Bacchus will be [pleased]; if the olive trees blossom well, the year [will be] most polished [with oil], and fruits [will also] have the prosperity of this season.”
- ‘sī bene flōruerint segetēs, erit āreā dīves;
- I flourish; I prosper, abound with; I am filled with
- Synonyms: niteō, abundō, affluō
- Antonyms: careō, egeō, dēsum, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō
- I am colorful, bright
- (of wine) I froth
- (Medieval Latin, poetic) I ejaculate; I orgasm.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of flōreō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | flōreō | flōrēs | flōret | flōrēmus | flōrētis | flōrent |
| imperfect | flōrēbam | flōrēbās | flōrēbat | flōrēbāmus | flōrēbātis | flōrēbant | |
| future | flōrēbō | flōrēbis | flōrēbit | flōrēbimus | flōrēbitis | flōrēbunt | |
| perfect | flōruī | flōruistī | flōruit | flōruimus | flōruistis | flōruērunt, flōruēre | |
| pluperfect | flōrueram | flōruerās | flōruerat | flōruerāmus | flōruerātis | flōruerant | |
| future perfect | flōruerō | flōrueris | flōruerit | flōruerimus | flōrueritis | flōruerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | flōream | flōreās | flōreat | flōreāmus | flōreātis | flōreant |
| imperfect | flōrērem | flōrērēs | flōrēret | flōrērēmus | flōrērētis | flōrērent | |
| perfect | flōruerim | flōruerīs | flōruerit | flōruerīmus | flōruerītis | flōruerint | |
| pluperfect | flōruissem | flōruissēs | flōruisset | flōruissēmus | flōruissētis | flōruissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | flōrē | — | — | flōrēte | — |
| future | — | flōrētō | flōrētō | — | flōrētōte | flōrentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | flōrēre | flōruisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | flōrēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| flōrendī | flōrendō | flōrendum | flōrendō | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- afflōreō
- auflōreō
- deflōreō
- disflōreō
- efflōreō
- flōrēns
- flōrenter
- flōrentēs
- flōrēscō
- flōridus
- inflōreō
- praeflōreō
- reflōreō
Descendants
- Catalan: florir
- Dalmatian: inflorer
- English: flourish
- French: fleurir, florir
- Friulian: florî
- Galician: chorir
- Italian: fiorire
- Norman: flieuthi (Jersey)
- Occitan: florir
- Portuguese: florir
- Romansch: flurir, flureir
- Sardinian: fiorire, fioriri, florire, inflorire
- Sicilian: ciuriri
- Spanish: florear
- Venetian: fiorir
- Walloon: florir
Adjective
flōreō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of flōreus
References
- “floreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “floreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- floreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be in the prime of life: aetate florere, vigere
- to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: opibus maxime florere
- to be highly favoured by; to be influential with..: florere gratia alicuius
- to possess great authority; to be an influential person: auctoritate valere or florere
- to be very famous, illustrious: gloria, laude florere
- to have reached the highest pinnacle of eminence: summa gloria florere
- learning, scientific knowledge is flourishing: artium studia or artes vigent (not florent)
- to be distinguished as a poet: poetica laude florere
- to be very eloquent: dicendi arte florere
- to be a distinguished orator: eloquentiae laude florere
- to be of noble family: generis antiquitate florere
- to have great influence: opibus, gratia, auctoritate valere, florere
- (ambiguous) flowers of rhetoric; embellishments of style: lumina, flores dicendi (De Or. 3. 25. 96)
- (ambiguous) a glorious expanse of flowers: laetissimi flores (Verr. 4. 48. 107)
- to be in the prime of life: aetate florere, vigere
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floˈɾeo/ [floˈɾe.o]
- Rhymes: -eo
- Syllabification: flo‧re‧o
Etymology 1
Deverbal from florear.
Noun
floreo m (plural floreos)
- (fencing) flourish
- (music) flourish
- small talk
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
floreo
- first-person singular present indicative of florear
Further reading
- “floreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014