defloreo
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
dē- + flōreō (“I bloom”, “I blossom”, “I flower”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈfloː.re.oː/, [d̪eːˈfɫ̪oːreoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈflo.re.o/, [d̪eˈflɔːreo]
Verb edit
dēflōreō (present infinitive dēflōrēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) to shed one's blossoms
Conjugation edit
Synonyms edit
- (shed blossoms, efflower): dēflōrēscō
Related terms edit
References edit
- “dēflōrĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dēflōrĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 483.
- “dēflōreō” on page 502/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)