florilegio

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo.riˈlɛ.d͡ʒo/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒo
• Hyphenation: flo‧ri‧lè‧gio

Noun

florilegio m (plural florilegi)

1. (dated) anthology, florilegium
2. (dated, by extension) an assortment of things
3. (dated, by extension, ironic) anthology; gathering, group (of things or people with a negative connotation)

   Un florilegio di insulti ― An anthology of insults

Synonyms

• (anthology): antologia, raccolta, collezione

Further reading

• florilegio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• florilegio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• florilegio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• florilègio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• florilègio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /floː.riˈle.ɡi.oː/, [fɫ̪oːrɪˈɫ̪ɛɡioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flo.riˈle.d͡ʒi.o/, [floriˈlɛːd͡ʒio]

Noun

flōrilegiō

1. dative/ablative singular of flōrilegium

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floɾiˈlexjo/ [flo.ɾiˈle.xjo]
• Rhymes: -exjo
• Syllabification: flo‧ri‧le‧gio

Noun

florilegio m (plural florilegios)

1. anthology

See also

• floresta

Further reading

• “florilegio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014