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flosculus
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floscŭlus | floscŭ-la, ae (noun M.f) : m. (collat. form, , , f., Fulg. Serm. 6), dim. flos
* A little flower, floweret (rare but class.).
* Lit.: ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43.
* Transf., the part of a fruit where the blossom was, the eye, Col. 12, 45, 5.
* Trop., the flower, pride, ornament: non enim flosculos ... sed, jam decimum aetatis ingressus annum, certos atque deformatos fructus ostenderat,Quint. 6 praef. § 9; Cat. 24, 1: vitae,i. e. youth,Juv. 9, 127.
* In partic., of speech.
* Flower of rhetoric, ornament: omnes undique flosculos carpere atque delibare,Cic. Sest. 56, 119; cf.: juvenibus flosculos omnium partium in ea, quae sunt dicturi, congerentibus,Quint. 10, 5, 23; 2, 5, 22; 12, 10, 73: ut Noctes istae quadam tenus his quoque historiae flosculis leviter injectis aspergerentur,Gell. 17, 2, 1.
* A motto, sentence culled from a writing, Sen. Ep. 33, 1.
* A little flower, floweret (rare but class.).
* Lit.: ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43.
* Transf., the part of a fruit where the blossom was, the eye, Col. 12, 45, 5.
* Trop., the flower, pride, ornament: non enim flosculos ... sed, jam decimum aetatis ingressus annum, certos atque deformatos fructus ostenderat,Quint. 6 praef. § 9; Cat. 24, 1: vitae,i. e. youth,Juv. 9, 127.
* In partic., of speech.
* Flower of rhetoric, ornament: omnes undique flosculos carpere atque delibare,Cic. Sest. 56, 119; cf.: juvenibus flosculos omnium partium in ea, quae sunt dicturi, congerentibus,Quint. 10, 5, 23; 2, 5, 22; 12, 10, 73: ut Noctes istae quadam tenus his quoque historiae flosculis leviter injectis aspergerentur,Gell. 17, 2, 1.
* A motto, sentence culled from a writing, Sen. Ep. 33, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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