flōrĕo — 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. b 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 a)/nqh 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.