(v. n.P. a.P. a.) : flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.flos
* To bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).
* 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.
* Transf.
* 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.
* To get the first downy beard: libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,Mart. 3, 6, 4.
* 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.
* 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.
* To be bright (cf. P. a. infra): lumina floruisse,Tert. Apol. 11: caelum luminibus floruisset,id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.
* Of persons and animate things.
* 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.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.
* Of animate things.
* 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.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things.
* With abl.: florentes viribus anni,Sil. 1, 226; so, anni vigore,Petr. 132: animus vino,joyous,Gell. 6, 13, 4.
* 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 ἄνθη 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.

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