floreus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

flōrĕus, a, um, adj. [flos], of flowers, made of flowers (poet.).

I Lit.: corona, a wreath of flowers , Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 68.— Plur. , Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 15: serta, Tib. 1, 1, 12 (22 M.); 1, 2, 14.—

b Full of flowers , flowery : rura, flowery meads , Verg. A. 1, 430: juga Hymetti, Val. Fl. 5, 344.—

II Transf., shining , beautiful : crines, Pac. and Att. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 605: lanugo, Att. ib. (al. flora).

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