FLO 
FLO 
FLU 
or, grace, ornaments of grace and ex¬ 
pression, embellishment. Id. vocis et 
inodorum. Id. In cantu flexiones. 
FLeXIPeS (flexus & pes), edis, adject. 
3 crook-footed. Ovid. 
FLeXIVICE, same as Flcxuosc. 3 Pnatv. 
FLeX 8 (flecto), as, a. 1. to bend,bow.3Cato. 
FLeXUMINeS (J<1.), um, in. h. e. equites 
2 Romani. Plin. Celeres sub Regibus 
appellati sunt, deinde Fiexumines. 
FLkXOoSe (flexuosus), adv. with turn- 
2 mgs or windings, crookedly. Plin. 
FLeXOoSGS (flexus, us), a, um, adj. fall 
1 of turnings or windings, crooked, wind¬ 
ing, tortuous, flexuous, crrpcftXds. Cic. 
iter. Plin. Flexuosissimus.-IT Fig- 
ur. Prudent, fraudes. 
FLEXORS. (flecto), se, f. a bending, wind- 
2 ing, turning. Lucrct. and Sudan. - 
irPigur. Varr. nominum, the flexion, in¬ 
flection, declining. 
FLiiXOS (Id.), us, in. a bending, bowing, 
Kayipts- — Hence, a winding, turning. 
Cic. and Ovid. — Also, a roundabout way, 
by-way, sideway, crooked way. Cic. _ 
Hence, figur. a roundabout way in speak¬ 
ing. Qaintil. — Particularly, a taming 
round the pyramid (meta) at the end cf 
the circus. They usually ran seven 
times round the course. Figur. Pers. 
3, G8. Flexus met®, h. e. manner of liv- 
Hence, a passing or transition 
ing. _ , _ L _ 
from one stage of life to another. Cic. 
Cxi. 31. In hoc flexu quasi ®tatis. 
Hence, Cic. Orat. 1, 1. Flexus letatis, 
li. c • senectus. — Also, a passage from 
one season to another, or, the end7 Tacit. 
autumni.-- IT Also, change, variation, 
modulation, inflection. Qnintil. vocis. 
it. verborum, nominum, a conjugating, 
declining ._ Id. In diversos flexus exeunt, 
h. e. terminations. 
FLeXBS, a, um, particip. from flecto. 2 
FLTCrOS (fligo), us, m. a striking or 
o dashing against, collision. Virg. 
FLIGS, is, xi, ctum, a. 3. to beat, strike, 
3 or dash against any thing, $X'i/3u>. Liv., 
dndr., Acorns, and Lucrct. 
FLqJunc.), as, avi, atum, n. & a. 1. to blow, 
r.rnn. Cats. Corns ventus in his locis 
flare consuevit. Ovid. Dum flavit velis 
aura secunda meis. Plant. Simul flare 
sorbereque, baud facile est. — Also, 
of instruments, to sound. Ovid. Tibia 
{nominal.) flat. -IT As a transit, it 
signifies to blow. .duct. P. Afr. pulve- 
rem. Also, to blow, breathe. Varr. 
Amnia qu:e flatur, the breath comina- out 
of one's mouth. Also, to blow away. 
rignr. to despise. Pruil rosas. Also, 
ot instruments, to blow. Ovid. Tibia 
natur. Also, to speak boastingly, haugh- 
tdy. q,until, magna. — Also, to make 
by blowing, to melt, found, or cast metal. 
Pun. lapidein Phrygium. Pandect. 
iiummos, to coin. Hence, Varr. AEs 
recunia data. 
(ll0Ccus) > a ’ um > ad J- same 
FLOOpfpTpm^^- meL 7 ' Ed - Elmenh. 
PI °* See COCCUS. 
3^enM fine ( floccus )> a > um, adj. h. e. 
" Menus fioems. Apul. 
ioo,?/ COS (l "' C-) > ’’ m - n lock °r flock of 
wool K? , K Varr. Also, the nap of 
[j et * Cc p - In veste floccos legit. — 
J " ce ? Pla f- Flocci facere, to value 
v ' s }™ w ., A. e. slightly, a little. Cic. 
r ( fl r aC , ere ’ or > TercnL Pendere, 
uo ri, nought, value at a rash, viahe 
Plant “v-ti if' hL Flocci facere, and, 
FI OP^; t,mare ’ not l " care a tig fo r . 
te l S:t • / 
FLoltii rr'V«a S f e F/llral!s ■ 2 
fFoIUUCros (floralia), a, u.n, adj. re- 
honor ofFlora^' "/ e f}} val " r tfo.rn.es in 
adject - ir Floral is (tios), e, 
raii a Ct ' tu flowers. Varr. Flo- 
fLORFNS!' ti a ’ a fl° wer -lfarden. 
11 Adi «m,r a, ;^ artl 7 p - from doreo. - 
or prime Z doming, in the liei 
height 
suc- 
T P "OICULIJUL, excel- 
H Homo fln Ib , r -‘ n ° reiltes , blooming. 
Jiomu fiorennssuimi. ld . Res fl ^ 
Uu® florentiora visa. 
or prime in ’ muomm S, l » k < 
ctssful a ;. rr l >utr "> prosperous, 
rentissuuie id. 
Lucret. ®tas, the prime of life. JVcmes. 
Aves ilorentibus alis, beautiful. Cic. 
castra. Gell. oratio, flowery. — Also, 
glad, joyous, joyful. Id. animus. 
FLoReNTER (ilorens), adverb, bloom- 
3 ingly, successfully, excellently. Ilieron. 
F lorentissime docent. 
FLoReNTU, ®, f. the city of Florence. 
^ Also, a sort of vine. Plin. 
_> /. 
FLoReNTTNAS (Florentia), a, um, adj. 
of or at Florence, pertaining to it. Fron- 
u 'f~T FlorentI ni, orum, the inhabitants 
of Florence. Tacit. 
FLoRES (flos), es, ui, n. 2. to bloom, blos¬ 
som, flower, drljft,). Ovid. Florent sege- 
tes, vinea. Cic. arbor. Virg. Floren- 
tes ferul®. Colum. Vinum floret (in a 
vessel), .froths. - R Figur. to flour¬ 
ish, be in prosperous or pleasant circum¬ 
stances, to be in repute or esteem, be con¬ 
spicuous or esteemed, to make a figure, be 
distinguished, excel, shine, dupaPo). Ab- 
sol. without an ablat. Cic. Floret Epi- 
cuius. Herat, verba, are in frequent 
use. JVep. in re militari. Also, with 
an ablat. Cic. gratia et auctoritate. Id. 
Studiis et artibus. Id. laudibus. - Id. 
acumine ingenii. Id. honoribus. Id. 
omnibus copiis. J\Tep. fama justifi®. 
Virg. Tibi pampineo gravidus autum- 
'*° doret ager. — it denotes, also, to be 
full of, or filled with, to abound with. Lu¬ 
cret. Mare florebat navibus. — Also, of 
the first growth of the beard. Martial. 3. 
C, 4. Gen® florentes. Also, to be bcard- 
less. Stat. Theb. 1, T05. Gen® florent. 
‘ Also, to shine, glitter. Virg. Floren¬ 
tes ®re catervas. Lucrct. Florentia lu- 
mina flainmis. Val. Flacc. Variis floret 
via discolor armis. 
FLoReSCS (floreo), is, n. 3. to begin to 
blossom. Cic. -IT Figur. to begin to 
flourish, to grow into repute, flourish, 
prosper, increase. Cic. Homo ad sum- 
main gloriam florescens. Id. Hsc tua 
justitia florescet. Plin. Patria nostra 
florescit. 
FLoREOS (flos), a, tun, adj. made of flow- 
3 ers, avdeiub(. Plant, and Tibull. _ 
IT Also, full of flowers, flowery, bloomy, 
blooming, rti /Qrjpby. Virg. rura. 
FLORIC5MOS (flos & coma), a, um, adj. 
•j having the head or hair adorned with 
Jloicer.'f. Anson, 
FLoRIDe (floridus), adv. with flowers, 
3 beautifully, Apul. Vestis floride depic- 
-fu. Lactant. Ecclesia floridius enituit. 
FLoRIDOLOS (dimin. of floridus), a, 
3 um, adject, a little florid or bloontinrr. 
Catull. ° 
FLoRIDDS (flos), a, um, adject, full of 
flowers, abounding with flowers , floioci'y, 
blooming. Ovid, and Lucret. — Also, of 
flowers. Ovid, serta. - If Figurat. 
blooming, flourishing, lively. Catull’. 
mtas, h. c. youth. Id. puella. Ovid. 
Galatea fioridior pratis, h. e. beautiful, 
charming. — Quinlil. Floridius diceudi 
genus, flowery, florid. So, also, Cic. 
Demetrius est fioridior. — Of colors, 
lively gay, bright, shining. Plin. colores’ 
floridi. 
FLORIFER (flos & fero), a, um, adject. 
3 bearing flowers, dv§o<j>6nos. Lucret. 
FLoRIGER (flos & gero), a, um, adject. 
3 same as Florifer. Scdul. 
FLoRILEGOS (flos & lego), a, um, gath- 
3 eringflowers, dr&oXdyos. Ovid. 
FLoRIPAROS (flos & pario), a, um, adj. 
3 producing flowers. Anson. 
FLoRITIS (floreo), onis, f. a blossoming, 
3 flowering. Hieron. 
FLoRIOS (from Flora, or flos), a, um, 
3 adj. pertaining to Flora, or pertaining tu 
flowers. Gell. 
FLoROLkNTOS (flos), a, um, adj. same 
3 as Floridus, or Florens. Solin. Hymet- 
tus. 
FLOROS (Id.), a, um, adj. same as Flo 
3 reus. Gell. 
FLORAS, i, in. L. Aniueus Floras, a Lat¬ 
in historian, who lived at the time of Tra¬ 
jan and Hadrian. He wrote an abridg¬ 
ment of Roman annals. 
FLOS (ij>X6oy), floris, in. a flower, blossom, 
Grrnci® flore, while Greece was in iu 
splendor. Liv. virium. — Lucrct. Flcn 
vini, excellent wine, or, flower, spirit, 
strength, or, Plin. 14,27. Flos vini, froth. 
— Cic. Flos ®tatis, or absol. Terent. Flos 
Vie prune of life, youth. Plin. In prirna 
flore exstingui, in the flower of youth. — 
Liv. Flos juventutis or in juventute, the 
choicest young mm. So, also, Cic. nobili- 
tatis et juventutis, the flower of the nobili¬ 
ty. Id. Gallia est flos Itali®, ornament. 
IJ. Florem et colorem defuisse, ele¬ 
gance, embellishment. Plin. olei, the best. 
bo, also, Id. sal is, cer®. Id. (of meal), 
the finest or bolted flour. Id. visci, the 
uppermost, highest. Colum. niarmoris 
el gypsi, h. c. far.na tenuior et purior. 
— Also, virginity. Apul. Also, free¬ 
dom from contamination in a young man. 
j acton. — Claudian. Flos juvenilis, 
h. c. priina barba, the down. So, also, 
Lucan. Flos gen®, and absol. Vim. 
Flos. — Favor, ap. Gell. coen®, the best 
dish, cluef course. — Lucret. 1,898. ilara- 
m®, glitter, lustre, shine. But Ed. 
Creech, reads fulgore. — In architec¬ 
ture. 
an ornament placed upon the cupola. 
uv$os- Plin. Florem mittere, to pro¬ 
duce flowers, to bloom. - IT Flores, 
wax. Virg. and Plin. -IT Figur. the 
best and most excellent part of any thing. 
— Hence, flourishing condition. Cic. In 
341 
Vitruv. Also, festoons on the head of 
pillars. Id. — The stars are also called 
floras. Manil. — Also, Flores, excerpts 
or selections of beauties from authors. 
Plin. 
FLoSCeLLOS (dimin. of flos), i, m. a 
3 floweret. Apul. ’ 
FLoSCALe (flosculus), adv. bloominirly. 
3 Cxi. Aurclian. ° J 
FLoSCOLOS (dimin. of flos), i. m. a little 
flower, floweret, blossom, doSriXiov. Cic. 
Also, the floweret or top of a fruit, the 
part opposite to the pedicle, where the 
blossom was. Colum. - R Figur. 
Cic. Omni ex genere orationis floscu- 
Io_s carpam. Catull. juvenculorum. 
£ LuC IICOLX (fluctus & colo), s, m. and 
3 t.l.vmg in waves. Sidon. 
FLuCTICOLOS (dimin. of fluctus), i, m. 
3 a little wave, a wave. Apul. 
FLUCTIFER, same as Flucti gcr. 
FLuCTTFRaGOS (fluctus & frango), a 
3 um, adj. breaking the waves. Lucret. ' 
FLuCTIGENa (fluctus & gigno), ®, m. 
3 and f. bom in waves. Marc. Cap. 
FLOCTIGENOS (Id.), a, um, adj. born in 
3 waves. Avion. 
FLOCTIGER (fluctus & gero), a, um, ad 
3 jecC bearing the waves. Cic. fragm. 
FL0CTI3 (fluo), onis, f. same as °Fluxio. 
2 Plin. 31, 47. Ed. Hard. 
FLuCTISQNOS (fluctus & sono), a, uni, 
3 adj. sounding or roaring with waves or 
billows. Sil. 
FLuC PIVXGOS (fluctus & vagor), a, um, 
3 adj. wandering on the waves, or driven by 
leaves, irorroiropoi. Stat. 
FLOCPO a 1IM (fluctus), adv. like a wave, 
3 in a -waving manner. Afran. 
FLuCTOaTIS (fluctuo), onis, f. the mo¬ 
il lion of the raging sea. Hence, a moving 
to anti fro, a turbulent, restless motion, 
agitation, tremor. Senec. _ R Also 
a wavering, irresolution. Liv. 
FL0CT05 (fluctus), as, avi, atum, n. 1. 
to wave, undulate , -move stunningly to and 
fro. Plant. Mare fluctuat. Also, to be 
tossed or driven by the waves, to float 
on the sea. Cic. of men. Id. of ships. 
Plin. Qu®dam insul® semper fluctuant. 
Hence, to wave, to move Wee waves , 
to move to and fro. Lucret. Aer fluctuat. 
Gell. Coni® fluctuantes. Vinr. Fluc¬ 
tuat tellus ®re renidenti, h. e. flashes, 
gleams. — Also, to waver, be uncertain, 
doubtful, in suspense, undetermined , ir¬ 
resolute. Plaul. animus. Vinr. Ani- 
mo nunc hue nunc iliac fluctuat. Cic. 
Sententia fluctuans. Liv. Acies fluc- 
tuans, wavering, undetermined ichcthcr to 
retreat or to advance. Cic. in suo de- 
creto. Id. Oratid quasi fluctuans, not 
rhythmical, &c. ■—Also, to rage like the 
sea, to be in commotion and disturbance. 
Virg. Ira fluctuat. Id. Fluctuat irarum 
.®stu. Gell. populus. - R Also, to 
float, swim. Plin. Lapidem fluctuare 
tradunt. 
FLuCTOSR (Id.), aris, atus sum, dep I, 
same as Fluctuo, to be tossed about by the 
waves. Senec. and Plin. Also, in gen¬ 
eral, to be driven about. Senec. per ad- 
versa. Plin. Nomen Ambrosi® circa 
alias herbas fluctuation, h. e. is given it 
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