florens
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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of flōreō (“bloom”)
Participle
flōrēns (genitive flōrentis, superlative flōrentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle
- blooming, blossoming, flowering
- (figuratively) in the sense of decoration or adornment: blooming, blossoming, flowering
- flourishing, prospering
- abounding
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | flōrēns | flōrentēs | flōrentia | ||
| genitive | flōrentis | flōrentium | |||
| dative | flōrentī | flōrentibus | |||
| accusative | flōrentem | flōrēns | flōrentēs flōrentīs |
flōrentia | |
| ablative | flōrente flōrentī1 |
flōrentibus | |||
| vocative | flōrēns | flōrentēs | flōrentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “florens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “florens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- florens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a democratic leader: homo florens in populari ratione
- a democratic leader: homo florens in populari ratione
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