florere

florēre [CL] 1 to bear flowers, bloom; b (transf., w. ref. to coins bearing floral design); cf. florenus 1. c (pr. ppl. as adj.) blooming, flourishing (partly fig.). apis ‥ ~entes saltuum caespites ‥ depopulans Aldh. VirgP 5; lux illa campi ~entis eximia Bede HE V 12 p. 308; posterioris temporis venerabilium doctorum ~entia percurrere prata festinavi Alcuin Haer. 2. 88b; prata salutiferis florebunt omnia et herbis Id. Carm. 23. 5; Vinsauf AV II 3. 7 (v. floriditas 1). b quando saccus oratoris / floret nummis, tunc est oris / floridum eloquium;/ flos de flore generator Walt. Wimb. Van. 41; s1344 eodem tempore nobile et obolus et ferthing de auro ceperunt ~ere in regno Knighton II 30 (cf. (v. florenus 3)). c [hereticus] pulcherrimos ac ~entissimos divinorum eloquiorum campos noxio linguae suae vomere rumpi Bede Prov. 989; velut in amenissimo et ~entissimo pomario Gosc. Wulsin 17; studium illic repperi ~entissimum Free Ep. 60. 2 to be in the flower of one’s youth; b (w. ref. to virginity). Cf. flos 7, 8. jam disciplinis innexus deificis ~entes suae pubertatis annos evicta juventute calcavit B. V. Dunst. 5; cum jam puerili ~eret aetate V. Gund. 3; Lucius, prima juventute ~ens G. Mon. X 11. b sic in castitate ~ens usque cicneam vetulae senectutis canitiem feliciter permansit Aldh. VirgP 23. 3 to flourish, enjoy good fortune, prosperity, etc.. b to be in the prime of life. 801 vestram sanctitatem in omnibus bonis ~ere ‥ Deus Jesus ‥ faciat Alcuin Ep. 228; 838 pax nostra conglutinata amore vigere, ~ere, crescereque ‥ valeat CS 421; parentes S. Atheluuoldi ‥ tempore Eaduuerdi regis Anglorum ~entes Ælf. Æthelwold 2; cum ‥ maxime ~erem in diebus Æthelredi regis Merciorum Dominic V. Ecgwini I 9; mercedem ‥ pro bonis studiis quibus apprime ~uit Ord. Vit. X 1 p. 2; illi qui exterarum victores gentium in barbaris regionibus ~uerunt Ib. XI 3 p. 182; quomodo primus homo arbitrio ~uit et defloruit Pull. Sent. 643B; dii bene si semper floreat ille locus! Neckam DS III 806; cujus memoria ‥ perpetuo ~et laudis honore celebrata Gir. EH II 15. b sic et florentem fata tulere virum (Vers.) Ord. Vit. X 1 p. 3. 4 to be pre-eminent, excel. tota sacrata polo celsis ubi floruit actis (Vers.) Bede HE IV 18; virtutum meritis fecunda Britannia floret Alcuin Carm. 10. 10; florent ad gaudia Christi / per cellam monachi Æthelwulf Abb. 608; 1202 quem piis asserunt ante mortem operibus ~uisse Ep. Innoc. III 10 p. 28. 5 (trans.) to cause to flower, (fig.) to garland, crown. Paulus apostolicae meruit praeconia famae / infula virgineo quem floret sacra pudore Aldh. VirgV 486. 6 (mus.) to flourish, break. V. et. florare 3. et quartum ejus tempus ex duabus semibrevibus ~eri debet; sive frangi quod idem est; ultima autem nota ex duobus sine floratura dici debet Tunst. 251 (cf. ib. 252).

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