flōrĭdus — Lewis & Short
flōrĭdus, a, um, adj.flos,
I full of or abounding with flowers, flowery (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.:
hydrauli hortabere, ut audiat voces potius quam Platonis? expones, quae spectet, florida et varia?Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43:
serta,garlands of flowers, Ov. F. 6, 312:
prata,Lucr. 5, 785; cf.
Hybla,Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 38.—
B Transf., of color, lively, gay, bright:
colores,Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30; 35, 10, 36, § 97. —
II Trop., blooming, beautiful:
puellula,Cat. 61, 57; cf.:
Galatea Floridior prato, longa procerior alno,Ov. M. 13, 790:
aetas,the bloom of youth, Cat. 68, 16; cf.:
novitas mundi,Lucr. 5, 943:
florida et vegeta forma,Suet. Galb. 20:
Demetrius Phalereus est floridior, ut ita dicam, quam Hyperides,flowery, florid, Cic. Brut. 82, 285; cf.: tertium (dicendi genus) alii medium ex duobus, alii floridum (namque id a)nqhro\n appellant) addiderunt, Quint. 12, 10, 58:
floridius genus (scriptorum),id. 2, 5, 18:
oratio,id. 8, 3, 74:
floridissimus tui sermonis afflatus,Aus. Ep. 17:
floridior in declamando quam in agendo,Sen. Contr. 4 praef. 5. —Adv.: flōrĭde, with flowers, brightly:
depicta vestis,App. M. 11 fin.:
ecclesia clarius ac floridius enituit,Lact. Mort. Pers. 3.