dē-flōresco, rui, 3, v. n., to drop its blossoms; to fade, wither.
I Lit.: omne frumentum ... deflorescit, Col. 2, 11 fin. ; so in praes. , id. 2, 10, 19; Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 286: cum (faba) defloruit, exiguas (aquas) desiderat, id. 18, 12, 30, § 120; so in the perf. , Cat. 62, 43.—
II Trop., to fade, decay, decline : cum corporibus vigere et deflorescere animos, Liv. 29, 4; cf.: cum senecta res quoque defloruere, id. 38, 53 fin. : non talis, qualem tu eum jam deflorescentem cognovisti, Cic. Brut. 92: deliciae mature et celeriter deflorescunt, id. Cael. 19.