flos

flore aetatis
in the flower of his youth

flōs, flōris, m.: a blossom, flower, 6.708; flower, freshness, 7.162; down, 8.160; beauty, perfection, glory, flower, 8.500.

flōs, ōris, m. [root fla-; Gr. ἐκ-φλαίνω, to stream forth; cf. φλασμός; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo], a blossom, flower.

• I Lit.: suaves flores, Lucr. 1, 8: juvat novos decerpere flores, id. 1, 928: novi, Hor. C. 4, 1, 32: recentes, id. ib. 3, 27, 44: verni, id. ib. 2, 11, 9: florum omnium varietas, Cic. de Sen. 15, 54: suavitas odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus, id. ib. 17, 59: laetissimi flores, id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: ninguntque rosarum Floribus, Lucr. 2, 628: flores rosae, rosarum, Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4: piabunt floribus et vino Genium, id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.: fons Bandusiae, dulci digne mero non sine floribus, id. C. 3, 13, 2: nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore, id. ib. 1, 4, 10: recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc., the stage strewed with flowers, id. Ep. 2, 1, 79: carduus florem purpureum mittit inter medios aculeos, puts forth, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31: legere, Ov. M. 4, 315.—
• • B Transf.
  • • 1 The honey of flowers sucked out by the bees: rure levis verno flores apis ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos, Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.—
    • 2 In gen., like the Gr. ἄνθος, for whatever forms either the best part or the highest part of a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).—
    • • a The flower of any thing, i. e. the prime or best part, also the best kind of any thing: postquam est honoratus frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of wine, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so, vini (Bacchi), Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1 (96); id. Cas. 3, 5, 16 (636); Lucr. 3, 221.—The best kind of oil, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of wax, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of salt, id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; Cato R. R. 88, 2; of meal, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of cream, Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest dish: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—
      • b The highest part, the top, crown, head of a thing.—Of the froth of wine, Cato R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136.—The blisters, scales that are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the upper dust of marble or gypsum, Col. 12, 20, 8.—Poet. of the first downy hairs of the beard: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.; Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562: ante genas dulces quam flos juvenilis inumbret, Claud. in Prob. Cons. Pan. 69.—Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a tip or flash of flame, Lucr. 1, 900.—
    • 3 In archit., carved flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian capital, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.
• II Trop., the flower, crown, ornament of any thing (class.; a favorite flg. of Cic.).
• • A In gen.: ea tempestate flos poëtarum fuit (Plautus), Plaut. Cas. prol. 18: sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque siti flos veteris ubertatis exaruit, Cic. Brut. 4, 16: (Ennius) flos delibatus populi ... qua (eloquentia) virum excellentem praeclare tum illi homines florem populi esse dixerunt, id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.): flos nobilitatis ac juventutis, id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61: versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore, id. Or. 10, 34; cf.: quod floris, quod roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant, Liv. 37, 12, 7: ex morbo velut renovatus flos juventae, id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8: provincia Galliae ... ille flos Italiae, illud firmamentum imperii populi Romani, illud ornamentum dignitatis, Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: flos dignitatis, id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.: ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, divino consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse arbitror, splendor, glory, id. de Or. 3, 3, 12: in ipso Graeciae flore, in the very flower, the most flourishing condition, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82: flos aetatis, the flower of one's age, the prime of life, Lucr. 3, 770; 5, 847; cf.: non venirem contra gratiam, non virtutis spe, sed aetatis flore collectam, Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.— Without aetas: Pa. Anni? Ch. Anni? Sedecim. Pa. Flos ipse, Ter. Eun. 319: viridissimo flore puella, Cat. 17, 14: in flore primo tantae indolis juvenis exstinctus est, Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5: in flore virium se credens esse, Liv. 42, 15, 2: primus flos animi, youthful vigor, Stat. Ach. 1, 625; but also: flos animi, ripe age, Sen. Ep. 26: videmus Vergilium ea de causa hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores modo rerum decerpsisse, i. e. the choicest, best, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.—
  • • 2 Transf.: flos aetatis, maidenly or youthful innocence (of girls or boys), virginity: (virgo) cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem, Cat. 62, 46: Hasdrubal flore aetatis, uti ferunt, primo Hamilcari conciliatus, Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4: florem aetatis (Caesaris) in Bithynia contaminatum, Suet. Caes. 49.—
  • B In partic., of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament: ut porro conspersa sit (oratio) quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96: flos aut lumen eloquentiae, id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.: nullus flos tamen neque lumen ullum (in M. Crassi oratione), id. ib. 66, 233: florem et colorem defuisse, id. ib. 87, 298: alia copia locuples, alia floribus laeta, Quint. 8, 3, 87: male audire ... nimiis floribus et ingenii affluentia, id. 12, 10, 13.

flōs, flōris, m. (gotisch bloma, mhd. bluost, Blüte), die Blume, Blüte, I) eig., meton. u. bildl., 1) eig.: flos agri, Feldblume, Vulg.: flos uvae, olivae, violae, Eccl., rosae, Hor.: flores rosarum, Lucr.: flos (kollektiv) sertus et solutus, Apul.: flores verni, Hor. u. Suet.: florum omnium varietas, Cic.: flores coronaeque, Curt. (s. Mützell Curt. 4, 4 [17], 5): flores ad mel faciendum idonei, Honigblumen, Sen.: florem mittere, eine Blume hervorbringen, blühen, Plin.: sepulchrum L. Catilinae floribus ornare, Cic. – bildl., breve velut florum corpusculum feci, v. einem Schriftwerke, Iustin.: ebenso flores rerum carpere, die Blüten (das Beste) aus Schriftwerken auslesen, Plin. – 2) meton., flores, Blumensaft, Honigsaft, Verg., Tibull. u. Plin. – II) übtr.: A) der blühende Zustand, der Flor, Gipfelpunkt, die Periode der höchsten Kraftentwickelung (griech. ἀκμή), 1) im allg.: Graeciae, Cic.: virium, Liv. – 2) insbes.: flos aetatis, die Blüte der Jahre, die Jugendkraft, Jugendfülle (griech. ἀκμή), Cic. u.a.: ebenso flos iuventae, Liv. (s. Drak. Liv. 28, 35, 7. Mützell Curt. 3, 5 [12], 8): u. bl. flos, Ter. u. Ov.: in primo flore exstingui, Plin. ep.: exstingui in ipso aetatis ac victoriarum flore, Iustin. – in geschlechtlicher Beziehung, castum amisit polluto corpore florem, Catull.: florem aetatis in Bithynia contaminatum, Suet. – B) die Blüte = der beste, kräftigste, tüchtigste, edelste od. oberste Teil von etwas, die Blüte, die Zierde, 1) im allg.: optimorum civium vel flos vel robur, die Blüte u. der Kern (= die edelsten Jünglinge u. Männer), Cic.: u. so flos totius Italiae ac robur, Cic. (vgl. quod floris, quod roboris in iuventute erat, amiserant, Liv.): so auch flos nobilitatis et iuventutis, Cic.: Gallia est flos Italiae, Cic.: florem et colorem defuisse, Schmuck des Ausdrucks, Cic.: fl. Bacchi (= vini), der Geist, die Kraft, Lucr.: fl. vini, der Schaum, Cato u.a.: lactis, »Rahm«, Vitr.: olei, das erste, beste, Plin.: so auch salis, cerae, Plin.: farinae, das feinste, Plin.: visci, das oberste, oben schwimmende = das leichteste, Plin.: marmoris et gypsi, das feinere u. reinere Mehl, Col. – 2) insbes.: a) flos iuvenilis, die ersten zarten Barthaare, der Flaum, Claud.: so auch flos genae, Lucan., u. bl. flos, Verg. – b) fl. cenae, das beste Gericht, Favor. b. Gell. 15, 8, 2. – c) fl. flammae, der Schimmer, Glanz, Lucr. 1, 900. – d) als t. t. der Archit.: α) die Blume am korinthischen Kapitäl im Mittel der Fronte der Platte, Vitr. 4, 1, 12. – β) eine Blume, die oben auf die Kuppel gesetzt wurde, Vitr. 4, 8, 3. – ➳ flos bei Spät. auch Neutrum, Pelagon. veterin. 14 (= 219 Ihm). Gargil. de cur. boum 29.

1 flos [CL] 1 flower, flowering plant; b (in names of plants). diversorum colorum ~res humanis gressibus pulsati non indecentem ceu picturam eisdem imprimebant Gildas EB 3; ut quasi ~s lilii interius colorem aurosum, exterius haberet candidum Bede Hom. II 25. 439; p793 quid tibi saeculi dignitas quae sicut ~s feni [cf. Jac. i 10 etc.] decidit Alcuin Ep. 283; sacerdos benedicet palmas et ~res et frondes Lanfr. Const. 101; quia non quilibet ~s pari rosae fragrat odore Anselm (Ep. 20) III 127; vernus ~res producit, estivus fructus maturat Balsh. AD rec. 2 158; crocei cujusdam ~ris beneficio Gir. TH I 27; si ~rem cernitis in arbore, spes fructus ex ~re concipitur S. Langton Serm. 2. 22; ~res ‥ vicem tenent capillorum in herbis Quaest. Salern. C 20; ex quasi siccis ramusculis prodeunt uve, ex spinis ~res rosarum? AncrR 103; herbe delectabiles ~res producentes Fortescue NLN II 62.  b nec ~rem squinanti qui solus inter res calidas repercutit, nec petrolium citrinum Bacon IX 158; 1342, 1372 (v. 1 canella 4); spiritus vitrioli ‥ de colore ~ris gaudii amenissimo Cutcl. CL 190; 1418 (v. deliciae 2a); amaranthus ‥ quibusdam ~s amoris, Gallis est passevelutum, Anglis autem baldare Turner Herb. A2v. 2 representation of a flower. b coin bearing a floral design; cf. florenus. c candle-holder shaped like a flower (esp. lily). dedit ‥ unam capam de panno de Thars bene brudatam cum leonibus et ~ribus de liz Whittlesey 168; 1388 etc. (v. deliciae 2b); G. S. Alb. III 380 (v. 1 Damascus); 1440 unum vestimentum ‥ de albo velveto cum ~ribus Saracenorum splendide pulverizatum Lit. Cant. III 171; Upton 210 (v. gladiolus 3b); 1449 assignamus itaque pro armis [of Eton] ‥ in campo nigro tres liliorum ~res argenteos ‥ et ‥ in summo scuti locari statuimus partitum principale de azoreo cum Francorum ~re deque rubeo cum peditante leopardo aureo (Pat) Exc. Hist. 48.  b frustra strepent oratores, / nisi juvent burse flores / linguas allegancium Walt. Wimb. Van. 23.  c 1464 in promptuario sunt iiij candelabra de auricalco, cum ~re et cum duplici ~re Ac. Durh. 640 (= Feod. Durh. 191n). 3 undeveloped offspring of fish, fry. 1377 dictum instrumentum [sc. rete] tam equaliter et graviter ad terram subtus aquam piscando attingit quod fetus piscium et ~res subtus aquam crescentes et alia unde majores pisces viverent et nutrirentur penitus destruuntur IMisc 211/5 m. 1, 3 (cf. ib. m. 2: †frores et †petus per quem [sic] pisses nutriri deberent); fetus, ~res et sperma piscium Ib. m. 4; ~res ostrearum Ib. m. 5. 4 anything forming on the surface, scum, deposit: a (~s aeris) impure cuprous oxide, vitriol. b (~s muri) salt appearing on walls. c (~s plumbi) white lead, ceruse. d (~s salis) crystalline salt obtained by evaporation from brine. e (~s cervisiae) brewer’s yeast. a titimallus etc. [cavetur] propter venenosam substantiam ut ~s eris Gilb. VI 238. 2; SB 21 (v. cuprosa); erugo eris, i. ~s eris, vertegrece Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 79; †floresis Alph. 32 (v. chalcanthum); †liristo, i. ~s eris usti Ib. 99.  b vitreolum, ustum modicum aurip[igmentum], ~s muri cum aceto confecta Gilb. III 172. 2.  c de stibio quod alio nomine cerusa et ~s plumbi nominatur Bart. Angl. XVI 79; Alph. 37 (v. cerussa).  d SB 9, Alph. 5 (v. alosanthi); ~s salis, i. sal subtiliter tritus et pulverizatus SB 21.  e barme, ~s cervisie Levins Manip. 32. 5 powdered form of a substance, ‘flowers’. c1385 proj buss’ flor’ plastr’ Paris’ emptis KR Ac 473/2 m. 4; pro iij buss’ flor’ cret’ emptis et expensis super dealbacione muri Ib. m. 5. 6 most flourishing condition, zenith. a690 ab ipso tirocinio rudimentorum in ~re philsophicae artis adulto Aldh. Ep. 5 p. 492; bonae operationis quae in variarum ~re est ac splendore virtutum Bede Tab. 477; victorem mundi medio sors, ecce, secundis / rebus Alexandrum invida flore tulit Alcuin Carm. 9. 36 (cf. ib. 92. 3. 6: floribus in mediis mors mala te tulerat); s1125 H. imperator Alemannorum ‥ in ipso etatis et victoriarum ~ore obiit W. Malm. HN 450. 7 (~s juventutis or sim.) the flower of one’s youth. c705 a primaeva tenerae aetatis infantia usque adultae pubertatis ~rem Aldh. Ep. 9 (12); cum in primaevo juventutis suae ~re, antequam propriam conjugem duceret, ‥ se a carnali desiderio abstinere non posse cerneret Asser Alf. 74; jam vero ~rem attingens juventutis V. Neot. A 2; puer impubis et ~re suo speciosus Gosc. Edith 82; quia tam detestabile monstrum ~rem juventutis tue in hac nocte consumet G. Mon. X 3; lapso juventutis ~re, post etatis vestre annum quadragesimum quintum Kymer 3 p. 554. 8 the flower (of virginity). hunc pia virginitas ornabat flore pudoris Aldh. VirgV 302; ei ~rem adolescentie illibatum inter castitatis lilia consecrasti P. Blois Ep. 35. 113C; est insigne decus monachi flos virginitatis M. Rievaulx app. 1; ave, cujus est ex alvo, / sed pudoris flore salvo, / verbum patris editum Walt. Wimb. Virgo 17. 9 the choicest part, (pl.) a selection of the choicest parts, anthology. carpentes paucos ~res veluti summos de extento sanctorum novi testamento tironum amoenoque prato Gildas EB 73; post ~res Psalmorum additae sunt orationes septem Anselm (Ep. 10) III 113; ~res hic apposui autenticorum patrum M. Rievaulx 67 p. 42 (cf. ib. 67 p. 43: hactenus hos ~res [sc. patrum] excerpsimus atque colores); 13‥ ~res Bernardi (Catal. librorum) Chr. Rams. 357; incipit prologus in librum qui ~es hystoriarum intitulatur Flor. Hist. I 1; a1332 ~ores dietarum Ypocratis Libr. Cant. Dov. 58; dedit librario ‥ Encheridion cum ~ribus Bernardi J. Glast. 132; de quo taliter scribitur in libro qui vocatur ~res historiarum Flete Westm. 108. 10 the finest of a class, the pick, the flower. valete, o ~res ecclesiae, sorores monasticae Aldh. VirgP 60 (cf. Ep. Bonif. 79: o ~res aecclesiae); sic o tu, ~s virginitatis, genuisti eum Anselm (Or. 7) III 23; ego ~s virtutum a quo omnis flos et fructus campi est [cf. Cant. ii 1] G. Stanford Cant. 221; Anglice nobilitatis et juventutis ~s in cruore sordidatus Ord. Vit. III 14 p. 151; flos regum Arturus J. Exon. Antioch. 16; [sol] ~s et princeps stellarum et causa omnium florum est Alb. Lond. DG 2. 4; c1298 non negavit Dominus robur et vigorem / regi, quem constituit fore mundi florem (Dunbar 122) Pol. Songs 169; s1346 in quo conflictu ‥ totus ~s militie ‥ perierunt Avesb. III; s1385 miles Alexander de Ramsay, ~s milicie dictus Plusc. IX 32. 11 (~s farinae, frumenti, or ellipt.) the finest flour, wheatflour; cf. flora. b (~s rizi or sim.) flour ground from rice. ut ‥ mundas ex puro scilicet farine ~re oblatas faciant Gir. GE I 9 p. 31; 1205 etc. (v. dominicus 5); 1226 pro vj buletellis et j sacculo ad inponendum ~rem dominicum et j nova rengia iiij s. Ac. Foreign Hen. III 95; 1241 m quarteria frumenti, unde l quarteria sint in ~e †milita [MS: milcta] et l in duro frumento Cl 325; 1336 xiiij doliorum ~ris frumenti Cal. Scot. III 353.  b 1443 pro ‥ vj libris ~ris de rice ij s. iij d., ij lib. blaunchepowdre iij s. iiij d. Comp. Dom. Buck. 17; 1453 de ‥ viij libris ~ris de rice Ac. H. Buckingham 43. 12 brightness, lustre, bright colour. quasi fucorum ~ribus Aldh. VirgP 60 (v. 3 color 3a); gallos, phasanos, et pavones naturali enim ~re [Diogenes Laertius I 50: ἄνθει] decorati sunt W. Burley Vit. Phil. 14. 13 rhetorical decoration or ornamentation. depinxit vario Bernardus schemate flores Neckam DS VII 355; lepida diccionum congeries ‥ ~ribus et flosculis contexta venustis Dictamen 333; cum pueri ‥ ipsis inicialibus gramatice rudimentis ciceronianos sepe seu terencianos ~res immisceant Mir. Hen. VI I prol. p. 4.

2 flos [OF flor< fluor] , (pl.) ‘flowers’, menstrual discharge. et sicut flores in arboribus fructum precedunt, sic menstrua fetum, ad quorum similitudinem satis vocabulo decenti ~res appellantur Quaest. Salern. B 19; purgamentum, quod ~s nominatur in vulgari, et menstruum in scriptura. ‥ de ~re mulieris est ut arboris: quoniam fructum non portat, nisi prius florescat M. Scot Phys. 6.

3 flos v. phlox

flōs, (8) ōris, m. , fleur : Cic. CM 54 || suc de fleurs : Virg. G. 4, 39 || parfum ou bouquet du vin : Pl. Cas. 640 ; Lucr. 3, 221 || la partie la plus fine : [fleur de farine] Plin. 18, 86 ; olei Plin. 15, 23, huile de premier choix ; salis Cato Agr. 88, 2, sel très blanc ; æris Plin. 34, 107, fleur de cuivre ; gypsi Col. Rust. 12, 20, 8, poussière du plâtre ; cenæ Gell. 15, 8, 2, le plus fin morceau du dîner || [poét.] duvet : Virg. En. 8, 160 || [fig.] élite : juventutis Cic. Phil. 2, 27, la fleur de la jeunesse ; in flore virium Liv. 42, 15, 2, en pleine force ; ætatis Liv. 21, 2, 3, la fleur de lʼâge || [rhét.] eloquentiæ Cic. Br. 66, les fleurs de lʼéloquence ; verborum sententiarumque flores Cic. de Or. 3, 96, les figures de mots et de pensées || la fleur du chapiteau ; feuille dʼacanthe : Vitr. Arch. 9, 1, 12.

➳ n. à la décad. : Pelag. Vet. 14 ; Garg. Cura 29.

flos , oris. m.
花。花卉。上等。— vini 酒香味。酒沫。— siligineus 精麵。— aeris 銅綠。— civium 上等人士。Viridissimo flore puella 方得時 之女。 Florem amittere 失貞。Flores 諸星。

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• FLA-, a blossom, flower: sepulchrum floribus ornatum est: recentes, H.: qui (odores) adflarentur ex floribus: flores rosae, garlands, H.: piabunt Floribus Genium, H.: crocum floresque perambulet Fabula, the stage strewn with flowers, H.: caput impedire flore, H.: floribus oras explent, i. e. honey, V.: prima genas vestibat flore iuventas, the first down(of a youthful beard), V.—Fig., a flower, crown, ornament, prime, best part, freshness, promise: veteris ubertatis: nobilitatis ac iuventutis: quod floris in iuventute fuerat, L.: Graeciae, most flourishing condition: gratia aetatis flore conlecta: in flore virium esse, L.: flos ipsus (sc. aetatis), T.—Of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament: conspersa (oratio) quasi verborum floribus, etc.: eloquentiae.