florens

See also: Florens and Flórens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of flōreō (“bloom”)

Participle

flōrēns (genitive flōrentis, superlative flōrentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle

1. blooming, blossoming, flowering
2. (figuratively) in the sense of decoration or adornment: blooming, blossoming, flowering
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.202:

     [...] et variīs flōrentia līmina sertīs.

     [The kingdom of Iarbas had 100 temples:] and the [temple] doorways blooming with varied woven garlands.
     (See: Iarbas.)

3. flourishing, prospering
4. abounding

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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

• Florentia

 

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a democratic leader: homo florens in populari ratione