florilegus
Latin
editEtymology
editDerived from flōs (“flower”) + -legus (suffix indicating a gathering role).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /floːˈri.le.ɡus/, [fɫ̪oːˈrɪɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /floˈri.le.ɡus/, [floˈriːleɡus]
Adjective
editflōrilegus (feminine flōrilega, neuter flōrilegum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational, of bees) flower-gathering
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | flōrilegus | flōrilega | flōrilegum | flōrilegī | flōrilegae | flōrilega | |
| Genitive | flōrilegī | flōrilegae | flōrilegī | flōrilegōrum | flōrilegārum | flōrilegōrum | |
| Dative | flōrilegō | flōrilegō | flōrilegīs | ||||
| Accusative | flōrilegum | flōrilegam | flōrilegum | flōrilegōs | flōrilegās | flōrilega | |
| Ablative | flōrilegō | flōrilegā | flōrilegō | flōrilegīs | |||
| Vocative | flōrilege | flōrilega | flōrilegum | flōrilegī | flōrilegae | flōrilega | |
Derived terms
edit- Renaissance Latin: flōrilegium
References
edit- “florilegus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “florilegus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- florilegus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.