flabellifera flābellĭfĕra, ae, f.flabellum-fero, a fan-bearer, a female slave, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 22.
flabello flābello, āre, v. a.flabellum, to fan (post-Aug.): cum calor in affectationem flabellatur,Tert. Pall. 4.
flabellulum flābellŭlum, i, n.dim.id., a little fan, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50 (Bentl., Fleck., Umpfenb.; dub.; al. flabellum).
flabellum flābellum, i, n.dim.flabrum, a smali fan or fly-flap.Lit.: cape hoc flabellum, et ventulum huic sic facito,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47; 50; Mart. 3, 82, 10; for this a peacock's tail was used,Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 11; Hier. Ep. 27, 13.Trop.: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis, illa tum est egentium concio ventilata,
an exciter
,Cic. Fl. 23, 54.
flabilis flābĭlis, e, adj.flo, airy. * Lit.: nihil est in animis mixtum atque concretum ... nihil ne aut humidum quidem aut flabile aut igneum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66.Trop., spiritual (eccl. Lat.): aedes, Prud. στεφ. 10, 347 al.
flaccesco flaccesco (ante-class. also flaccisco), flaccŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to wilt, wither, dry up (cf. tabesco). Lit.: faeniculum cum legeris, sub tecto exponito, dum flaccescat,Col. 12, 7, 4: flaccescente fronde,Vitr. 2, 9, 2: stercus cum flaccuit,Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 4. Trop., to become faint or feeble, to droop, languish: flucti flacciscunt, silescunt venti, Pac. ap. Non. 488, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 77 ed. Rib.): flaccescebat oratio, * Cic. Brut. 24, 93: flaccescentes voluptates,Arn. 4, 142: ad numerum cymbalorum mollita indignatione flaccescunt,i. e.
flaccus flaccus, a, um, adj.etym. dub., flabby, hanging down.Lit.: auriculae,Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4.Transf., of persons, flap-eared: ecquos deos paetulos esse arbitramur? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones, quae sunt in nobis?Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80. Hence,
Flaccus Flaccus, i, m., a Roman surname; cf.: aures homini tantum immobiles: ab iis Flaccorum cognomina,Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 136; esp. freq. in the gens Valeria, Cornelia, and Horatia; e. g. si quid in Flacco viri est, i. e. in Q. Horatio,Hor. Epod. 15, 12.Transf., the writings of Horace: stabunt pueri, cum totus decolor esset Flaccus,Juv. 7, 227. Deriv.: Flaccĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flaccus, Flaccian: area,Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.
flagellaticius flăgellātīcĭus = μαστιγίας, Gloss. Philox., one who deserves the whip, verbero.
flagellatio flăgellātĭo, ōnis, f.flagello, a whipping,scourging, flagellation (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Martyr. 4 fin.
flagello flăgello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.flagellum, to whip, scourge, lash (poet. and in postAug. prose). Lit.: quaestorem suum in conjuratione nominatum flagellavit,Suet. Calig. 26: aliquem manu sua,id. ib. 55; id. Claud. 38: canes extremis polypi crinibus,Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92: terga caudā (leo),id. 8, 16, 19, § 49; cf.: arborem caudā (serpens),Ov. M. 3, 94: messem perticis,
,Pers. 4, 49: cujus laxas arca flagellat opes, presses down, i. e. encloses, Mart. 2, 30, 4; 5, 13, 6; cf.: prout aliquis praevalens manceps annonam flagellet, keeps back commodities, i.e. maintains them at too high a price, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 164.
flagitatio flāgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f.flagito, an earnest request or demand, importunity (rare but class.): nolui deesse ne tacitae quidem flagitationi tuae, * Cic. Top. 1, 5: uxorum flagitatione revocantur,Just. 2, 4. In plur.: crebrae populi flagitationes,Tac. A. 13, 50.
flagitator flāgĭtātor, ōris, m.id., an importunate asker, demander, dun (rare but class.): eicite ex animo curam atque alienum aes: Ne quis formidet flagitatorem suum,Plaut. Cas. prol. 24; cf. id. Most. 3, 2, 81; so of a dunning creditor, Gell. 17, 6, 10. Transf.: hunc video flagitatorem, non illum quidem tibi molestum, sed assiduum tamen et acrem fore,Cic. Brut. 5, 18 (see the passage in connection). With gen.: triumphi ante victoriam flagitator,Liv. 8, 12, 9: pugnae,id. 2, 45, 18.
flagitatrix flāgĭtātrix, īcis, f.flagitator, she that importunately demands or duns (late Lat.): epistola vehemens flagitatrix,Aug. Ep. 140.
flagitiose flāgĭtĭōse, adv., v. flagitiosus fin.
flagitiosus flāgĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj.flagitium, shameful, disgraceful, infamous, flagitious, profligate, dissolute (both of persons and things): flagitiosi sunt, qui venereas voluptates inflammato animo concupiscunt,Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68: homo flagitiosissimus, libidinosissimus nequissimusque,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: civitas pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,Sall. C. 5, 9: vitiosa et flagitiosa vita,Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, flagitiosis modestos,id. Lacl. 13, 47: libidines,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: cf.: animus omni genere voluptatum,Quint. 12, 11, 18: emptio, possessio bonorum,Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24: flagitiosissima facinora facere,Sall. J. 32, 2: socordia flagitiosior,id. ib. 85, 22: fama flagitiosissima,Tac. H. 2, 31: quod ea, quae re turpia non sunt, verbis flagitiosa ducamus,Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128: regem armis quam munificentia vinci, minus flagitiosum,Sall. J. 110, 5; cf.: flagitiosissimum existimo impune injuriam accepisse,id. ib. 31, 21: quod flagitiosius est,Tac. A. 3, 54. Hence, adv.: flāgĭtĭōse, shamefully, basely, infamously, flagitiously (freq. in Cic.; elsewh. rare): impure et flagitiose vivere,Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38: turpiter et flagitiose dicta,id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8: facere,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63: judicia male et flagitiose tueri,id. ib. 1, 15, 44: sumus flagitiose imparati,id. Att. 7, 15, 3: desciscere ab aliquo,id. Fin. 5, 31, 94: obitae legationes,id. Font. 11, 24. Comp., Arn. 4, 141. Sup.: ut turpissime flagitiosissimeque discedat,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71: servire aliorum amori,id. Cat. 2, 4, 8.
flagitium flāgĭtĭum, ii, n.flagito; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, p. 143; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398 sq.; orig., burning desire, heat of passion. Lit., an eager or furious demand, importunity, urgency (post-Aug. and rare; cf. flagitatio): Lentulus credebatur illa militiae flagitia primus aspernari,Tac. A. 1, 27: pro Plancina cum pudore et flagitio disseruit, matris preces obtendens,id. ib. 3, 17.Transf. Esp., a shameful or disgraceful act done in the heat of passion; a burning shame, disgraceful thing (class.; syn.: scelus, nefas, facinus, maleficium, peccatum, delictum, crimen): quae (convivia) domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; so, flagrantissima (with adulteria),Tac. A. 14, 51; cf.: stupra et adulteria et omne tale flagitium,Cic. de Sen. 12, 40; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: domesticis vitiis atque flagitiis se inquinare,id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; cf.: homo sceleribus flagitiisque contaminatissimus,id. Prov. Cons. 6, 14; and id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25: tantum sceleris et tantum flagitii admittere,id. Att. 10, 3: quae libido ab oculis, quod facinus a manibus umquam tuis, quod flagitium a toto corpore abfuit? etc.,id. Cat. 1, 6, 13; cf.: Q. Curius, flagitiis atque facinoribus coopertus,Sall. C. 23, 1; so with facinora,id. ib. 14, 2 Kritz. N. cr.: nihil facinoris, nihil flagitii praetermittere,Liv. 39, 13, 10; 39, 16, 1: tanta flagitia facere et dicere,Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73: in hoc flagitio versari ipsum videmus Jovem (corresp. to stuprum),id. ib. 4, 33, 70: in tot flagitia se ingurgitare,id. Pis. 18, 42. In gen., any shameful or disgraceful act or thing (without the accessory idea of passion): petere honorem pro flagitio more fit,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 28: flagitium fiet, nisi dos dabitur virgini,id. ib. 3, 1, 11: cum loquimur terni, nihil flagitii dicimus: at cum bini, obscoenum est,Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: flagitium rei militaris admittere,id. Clu. 46, 128: flagiti principium est, nudare inter cives corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70 (Trag. v. 426 ed. Vahl.): nonne id flagitium est, te aliis consilium dare, foris sapere, tibi non posse auxiliarier?
is it not a shame?
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49: praeesse agro colendo flagitium putes,Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50: quantum flagitii commisisset (for which, shortly before: nihil turpius, quam, etc.),id. Brut. 61, 219; cf.: ita necesse fuit aut haec flagitia concipere animo aut susceptae philosophiae nomen amittere,
disgraceful assertions
,
absurdities
,id. N. D. 1, 24, 66. Comically: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 32. Leg. t. t.: perfectum flagitium, a completed crime (opp. imperfectum), Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14. In vulg. lang., concr. like scelus, shame, disgrace, as a term of reproach, i. q. rascal, scoundrel: flagitium illud hominis!Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 8; id. As. 2, 4, 67; id. Cas. 3, 2, 22; id. Men. 3, 2, 24; 5, 1, 9: ipsa quae sis stabulum flagitii,id. Truc. 2, 7, 31: etiam opprobras vim, flagiti flagrantia, burning shame, i. e. outrageous villain, id. Rud. 3, 4, 28: omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,Sall. C. 14, 1. (Causa pro effectu.) Shame, disgrace (rare but class.): id erat meum factum flagiti plenum et dedecoris,Cic. Att. 16, 7, 4; cf.: magnum dedecus et flagitium,id. Off. 3, 22, 86: qui non gloria movemini neque flagitio, Sall. Or. Licin. fin. (p. 236 ed. Gerl.): beatus qui pejus leto flagitium timet,Hor. C. 4, 9, 50: flagitio additis damnum,id. ib. 3, 5, 26: quia illa forma matrem familias flagitium sit si sequatur,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 71: facere damni mavolo, Quam obprobramentum aut flagitium muliebre inferri domo,id. ib. 2, 3, 85; id. Ep. 3, 4, 79: flagitium imperio demere,Liv. 25, 15, 19: consul moveri flagitio timoris fatendi,id. 42, 60, 4.
flagito flāgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. pres. pass. flagitarier, Plaut. Men. prol. 48), v. freq. a. [from the root bherag-; Sanscr. bhraj-, to roast; Zend. berja, earnest longing; cf. Gr. φρύγω; Lat. frīgĕre, frictum, Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 141 sq.; cf. Gr. φλέγω; Lat. flagrare, etc., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398; Doed. Syn. 2, p. 143), to demand any thing fiercely or violently, to entreat, solicit a thing; or, with a personal object, to press earnestly, importune, dun a person for any thing (qs. flagranter posco, exigo, rogo; cf. also: postulo, peto, etc.). In gen. (class.); constr., aliquid aliquem; aliquid (aliquem) ab aliquo or aliquem; with ut or absol.;poet. with an objectclause. With acc.: etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo, insector, posco, atque adeo flagito crimen,Cic. Planc. 19, 48; cf.: insector, inquam et flagito testes,id. Font. 1, 1; and: qui reliquos non desideraret solum, sed etiam posceret et flagitaret,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71: ut admoneam te, non ut flagitem: metuo ne te forte flagitent: ego autem mandavi, ut rogarent,id. Fam. 9, 8, 1; cf.: admonitum venimus te, non flagitatum,id. de Or. 3, 5, 17: consulis auxilium implorare et flagitare,id. Rab. Perd. 3, 9: ea, quae tempus et necessitas flagitat,id. Phil. 5, 19 fin. In pass.: quia illum clamore vidi flagitarier,
,id. Ps. 1, 5, 143; 4, 7, 46: ne ejus sceleris in te ipsum quaestio flagitaretur,Cic. Vatin. 11, 26: cum stipendium ab legionibus paene seditione factā flagitaretur, when the legions demanded their pay (the ab different from the foll.), Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 3: populus desiderio Romuli regem flagitare non destitit,Cic. Rep. 2, 12. With acc. and ab and abl.: a te cum tua promissa per litteras flagitabam,Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 4: mercedem gloriae flagitat ab iis, quorum, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34: quid gravitas, quid altitudo animi... quid artes a te flagitent, tu videbis,id. Fam. 4, 13, 4: id ex omnibus partibus ab eo flagitabatur,Caes. B. G. 1, 71, 1: unicum miser abs te filium flagitat,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128: siser et ipsum Tiberius princeps nobilitavit flagitans omnibus annis a Germania,Plin. 18, 5, 28, § 90. With two acc.: haec sunt illa, quae me ludens Crassus modo flagitabat,Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188; cf. id. Planc. 2, 6: quotidie Caesar Aeduos frumentum flagitare,Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 1: nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,Hor. C. 2, 18, 13. With ut: semper flagitavi, ut convocaremur,Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30: flagitare senatus institit Cornutum, ut, etc.,id. Fam. 10, 16, 1: flagitabatur ab his quotidie ut, etc.,id. Sest. 11, 25.Absol.: sed flagitat tabellarius: valebis igitur, etc.,
presses
,id. Fam. 15, 18 fin.: causa postulat, non flagitat,id. Quint. 3, 13. With inf.: (stomachus) pernā magis ac magis hillis Flagitat immorsus refici,Hor. S. 2, 4, 61. (ε) With acc. and inf.: a delatoribus revocanda praemia,Suet. Ner. 44; cf. id. Claud. 13; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 62; 35, 10, 36, § 65. (ζ) With interrog. clause: quae sint ea numina flagitat,Verg. A. 2, 123. In partic. To summon before court, to accuse: compertum pecuniam publicam avertisse ut peculatorem flagitari jussit,Tac. H. 1, 53. In mal. part., to incite to lewdness (ante- and post-class.): ancillam alienam,Dig. 47, 1, 2: juvenem,App. M. 8, p. 215: intercutibus stupris flagitatus, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 719 P.; cf.: inter cutem flagitatos dicebant antiqui mares, qui stuprum passi essent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110, 23 Müll.
flagrans flā^grans, antis, Part. and P. a., from flagro.
flagranter flā^granter, adv., v. flagro, P. a. fin.
flagrantia flā^grantĭa, ae, f.flagro, a burning, a glowing heat, ardor (mostly post-class.). Lit.: montis (Aetnae),Gell. 17, 10, 8: solis,App. M. 4, p. 157; 6, p. 178: aestatis,Arn. 2, p. 69: aestiva,
the heat of summer
,Mart. Cap. 8, p. 183: non flagrantiā oculorum, non libertate sermonis, sed etiam complexu; etc., * Cic. Cael. 20, 49.Trop.: omnem pectoris flagrantiam sedare, vehement desire, Prud. στεφ. 10, 734: materna,
maternal affection
,Gell. 12, 1, 22. Concr. as a term of reproach: etiam opprobras vim, flagiti flagrantia?
flagratores flagrātōresdicebantur genus hominum, quod mercede flagris caedebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 5 Müll.; cf.: ‡ flagratores qui flagris conducti caedunt,Placid. p. 463.
flagriones flagrĭōnesdicti servi, quod flagris subjecti sunt: ut verberones a verberibus. Afranius in Vopisco: Tu flagrionibus, etc.,Non. 28, 29 (Com. Rel. v. 391 ed. Rib.).
flagritriba flā^grī^trĭba, ae, m.flagrum + tero, a whip-spoiler, i. e. one who wears out the whip with being flogged, a comic appellative of a slave, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 5.
flagro flā^gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.root in Sanscr. brag-, to glow; Gr. φλέγω, φλεγέθω, φλόξ; Lat. fulgeo, fulgur, fulmen, flamma, flamen, fulvus; Angl.-Sax. blāc, pale; Germ. bleich; connected with flagito, flagitium, etc., by Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398, to flame, blaze, burn (class.; trop. signif. most freq.; not in Caes.; syn.: ardeo, deflagro, caleo, ferveo, etc.). Lit.: flagrantes onerariae,Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69: crinemque flagrantem excutere,Verg. A. 2, 685: flagrabant ignes,Ov. F. 6, 439: intima pars hominum vero flagrabat ad ossa,Lucr. 6, 1168: flocci molles et sine oleo flagrant,Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28: ut flagret (carbo),id. 33, 13, 57, § 163.Trop., sc. according as the notion of heat or of the pain produced by burning predominates (cf. flamma, II.). To be inflamed with passion (in a good and a bad sense), to blaze, glow, burn, be on fire, to be violently excited, stirred, provoked. With abl.: non dici potest, quam flagrem desiderio urbis,Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; so, desiderio tui,id. ib. 7, 4, 1: dicendi studio,id. de Or. 1, 4, 14; cf.: eximio litterarum amore, Quint. prooem. § 6: mirabili pugnandi cupiditate,Nep. Milt. 5, 1: cupiditate atque amentia,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75; cf. id. Clu. 5, 12: amore,id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Hor. Epod. 5, 81; cf.: cupidine currus,Ov. M. 2, 104: libidinibus in mulieres,Suet. Gramm. 23: odio,Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190: totam Italiam flagraturam bello intelligo,id. Att. 7, 17, 4: bello flagrans Italia,id. de Or. 3, 2, 8: convivia quae domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71. Absol.: flagrabant vitia libidinis apud illum,id. Cael. 5, 12; cf.: uti cujusque studium ex aetate flagrabat,Sall. C. 14, 6. Poet. with acc. of respect, to love: caelestem flagrans amor Herculis Heben,Prop. 1, 13, 23: Cerberus et diris flagrat latratibus ora,Verg. Cul. 220.Poet. as a v. a., to inflame with passion: Elisam,Stat. S. 5, 2, 120.To be greatly disturbed, annoyed, vexed; to suffer: consules flagrant infamiā,Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2; cf.: invidiā et infamiā,Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5: invidiā,id. Clu. 49, 136; id. Sest. 67, 140: Tac. A. 13, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Galb. 16: infamiā,id. Caes. 52; id. Tib. 44: rumore malo,Hor. S. 1, 4, 125; ignominiā et pudore,Flor. 2, 18: inopiā et cupidinibus,Sall. Or. Philipp. p. 220 ed. Gerl. Hence, flā^grans, antis, P. a., flaming, blazing, burning, glowing.Lit.: fulmen, Varr. Atacin. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18; cf. telum,Verg. G. 1, 331: flagrantis hora Caniculae,Hor. C. 3, 13, 9; cf.: flagrantissimo aestu,Liv. 44, 36, 7: genae,Verg. A. 12, 65: oscula,Hor. C. 2, 12, 25.Transf., of color, glittering, shining: (Aeneas) Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis,Verg. A. 12, 167: redditur extemplo flagrantior aethere lampas (i. e. sol),Sil. 12, 731.Trop., glowing with passion, ardent, eager, vehement: oratoria studia quibus etiam te incendi, quamquam flagrantissimum acceperam,Cic. Fat. 2, 3: non mediocris orator, sed et ingenio peracri et studio flagranti,id. de Or. 3, 61, 230: recentibus praeceptorum studiis flagrans,id. Mur. 31, 65: flagrans, odiosa, loquacula, Lampadium fit,
flickering
,
restless
,Lucr. 4, 1165: in suis studiis flagrans cupiditas,Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: flagrantissima flagitia, adulteria,Tac. A. 14, 51: flagrantissimus amor,Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2: Nero flagrantior in dies amore Poppaeae,Tac. A. 14, 1; id. H. 4, 39: Othonis flagrantissimae libidines,id. ib. 2, 31; Val. Max. 8, 14ext. 3: studia plebis,Tac. A. 2, 41 fin.: aeger et flagrans animus,id. ib. 3, 54: flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri,Juv. 13, 11: adhuc flagranti crimine comprehensi, i. e. in the very act, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1. Hence, flā^gran-ter, adv., ardently, vehemently, eagerly (post-Aug.): Germani exarsere flagrantius,Amm. 31, 10, 5: flagrantius amare,Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 2 ed. Mai.: flagrantissime cupĕre,Tac. A. 1, 3.
,Juv. 10, 109. As a term of reproach applied to a slave: Gymnasium flagri, salve, School for the scourge, i. e. on whom the scourge is often tried, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 31: lassitudo conservum, rediviae flagri, i. e. whose skin is cut up by the lash, Titin. ap. Fest. s. v. redivia, p. 270, 20 Müll.
flamen flāmen (also ‡ FILAMEN,Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m.same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 301, a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v.infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests; in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt,Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664: maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis,Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf. Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO,Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20: (Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit ... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino,Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf. also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc.,Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110: Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit,Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15: FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI,Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf. AVGVSTALIS,ib. 643; 2366: DIVI CLAVDII,ib. 2218; 3651: PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG.,ib. 2219: SALVTIS AVGVSTAE,ib. 1171: ROMAE,ib. 2183: flaminem prodere,Cic. Mil. 10, 27: inaugurare flaminem,Liv. 27, 8, 4.
flamen flāmen, ĭnis, n.flo, = πνεῦμα, a blowing, blast, esp. of wind (poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura). Lit.: cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae?Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.): Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54: venti,Lucr. 1, 290: Cauri,id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind: ferunt sua flamina classem,Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599: flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor,Val. Fl. 3, 732.
Flamen Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.
flamentum flāmentum, i, n.flo, a blowing of the wind: tempestatum,Fulg. Myth. 1 praef.
flamina flāmĭna, ae, f.1. flamen, the wife of a flamen, usu. flaminica, Inscr. Grut. 459, 9.
flaminalis flāmĭnālis, is, m.id., one who has been a flamen, Inscr. Orell. 3932. In apposition: FLAMINALES VIRI,Inscr. Orell. 155.
flaminatus flāmĭnātus, ūs, m.id., the office of flamen, Inscr. Orell. 3281; 3978.
flaminia flāmĭnĭa, ae, v. 1. flaminius, II. A.
Flaminianus Flāmĭnĭānus, a, um, v. 2. Flaminius, II. C.
flaminica flāmĭnĭca, ae, f.1. flamen, the wife of a flamen, who assisted at the sacrifices: Ov. F. 2, 27; Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13; Inscr. Orell. 2225 sq.: flaminicae Diales, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 26: Dialis,Tac. A. 4, 16; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. flaminia, p. 93 Müll.: FLAMINICAE PRIMAE AVGVSTI,Inscr. Orell. 345: flaminica omnibus nundinis in regia Jovi arietem soleat immolare,Macr. S. 1, 16, 30.
Flamininus Flāmĭnīnus, i, m., a Roman surname in the gens Quintia. So in partic.: T. Quintius Flamininus,
flaminius flāmĭnĭus, a, um, adj.1. flamen, of or belonging to a flamen.Adj.: flaminia aedes domus flaminis Dialis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 10 Müll.; so, ex domo flaminia, id. s. v. ignem, p. 106, 4 Müll.; cf. in the foll.: flaminius camillus puer dicebatur ingenuus patrimes et matrimes, qui flamini Diali ad sacrificia praeministrabat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 93, 2 sq. Müll.: flaminius lictor est, qui flamini Diali sacrorum causa praesto est,id. ib.Subst.flāmĭnĭa, ae, f.the dwelling of the flamen Dialis: ignem e flaminia, id est flaminis Dialis domo, nisi sacrum efferri jus non est,Gell. 10, 15, 7.A young priestess who attended on the wife of the flamen Dialis: flaminia dicebatur sacerdotula, quae flaminicae Diali praeministrabat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 93, 6 Müll. (but perh., from the preceding words of Festus, we are to supply the word camilla, and to read flaminia camilla, like flaminius camillus; cf. Müll. ad loc.).flămĭnĭum, ii, n., the office or dignity of flamen, Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 41; Liv. 26, 23, 8; Tac. A. 4, 16; Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 22.
,Liv. 30, 6; Juv. 10, 266. Provv. Flamma fumo est proxima: Fumo comburi nihil potest, flamma potest,i. e.
the slightest approach to impropriety leads to vice
,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 53. E flamma cibum petere, to snatchfood from the flames, i. e. to be reduced to extremities for want of it, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 38 (cf. Cat. 59). Prius undis flamma (sc. miscebitur), sooner will fire mingle with water, of any thing impossible, Poët. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 49. Unda dabit flammas, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 4. (ε) flamma recens parva sparsa resedit aqua, = obsta principiis, Ov. H. 17, 190.Transf. Of color, flame-color: reddit flammam excellentis purpurae,Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46: stant lumina (i. e. oculi) flammā,
his eyes glare with fire
,Verg. A. 6, 300; cf.: rubrā suffusus lumina flammā,Ov. M. 11, 368.Fever-heat, Ov. M. 7, 554.Trop., viz., acc. as the notion of glowing heat or of destructive power predominates (cf. flagro, II.).The flame or fire of passion, esp. of love, the flame or glow of love, flame, passion, love: amoris turpissimi,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92: cuncto concepit pectore flammam Funditus,Cat. 64, 92; cf.: excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas,Ov. M. 7, 17: digne puer meliore flammā,Hor. C. 1, 27, 20: ira feri mota est: spirat pectore flammas,Ov. M. 8, 355; Sil. 17, 295: omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris,Cic. Brut. 24, 93; cf.: scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere,Sall. J. 4, 6.A devouring flame, destructive fire, suffering, danger: incidi in ipsam flammam civilis discordiae vel potius belli,Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2: invidiae,id. de Or. 3, 3, 11: is se tum eripuit flammā,id. Brut. 23, 90: implacatae gulae,i. e.
flammatrix flammātrix, īcis, f.flammo, she that inflames (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 5, § 428.
flammearius flammĕārĭus, ii, m.flammeum, from flammeus, a maker of bridal-veils: Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 36; cf.: flammearii, infectores flammei coloris, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 11 Müll.
flammeolum flammĕŏlum, i, n.dim.id., a small bridal veil, Juv. 10, 334; Prud. Psych. 449.
flammo flammo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [1. flamma]. Neutr., to flame, blaze, burn (poet. and perh. only in the part. pres.): super raros feni flammantis acervos Traicit immundos ebria turba pedes (in the purifications at the Palilia),Prop. 4 (5), 4, 77.(cf. Ov. F. 4, 727 and ib. 781): flammantia lumina torquens (anguis),Verg. G. 3, 433.Act., to inflame, set on fire, burn; in pass. also to burn (poet. and in postAug. prose).Lit.: quaecumque igni flammata cremantur,Lucr. 2, 672: ut interirent aut crucibus affixi aut flammandi,Tac. A. 15, 54: fax nubila flammans,Val. Fl. 1, 568: principio aetherio flammatus Juppiter igni Vertitur, blazing, flaming, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 17.Transf., of color, to make flame-colored, to color red, to redden: illius roseo flammatur purpura vultu,Stat. Ach. 1, 297; cf.: flammata pudore juventus,Val. Fl. 4, 655: flammata toga,i. e.
fiery red
,Mart. 5, 19, 12.Trop., to inflame, kindle, incite: sic donis vulgum laudumque cupidine flammat,Sil. 16, 303: juvenem facta ad Mavortia,id. 1, 55: flammantur in hostem cornipedes,Stat. Th. 8, 390: his inter se vocibus instinctos flammavere insuper adlatae litterae,Tac. H. 4, 24: omnes exercitus flammaverat arrogantia venientium a Vitellio militum,i. e.
flammula flammŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a little flame.Lit.: Timagoras negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucerna flammulas esse visas,Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Col. 9, 14, 9.Transf., in late Lat., a little banner used by cavalry, Veg. Mil. 2, 1; 3, 5.
flatilis flātĭlis, e, adj.flo, produced by blowing, blown (post-class.): sonitus,Amm. 30, 1: laminae,i. e.
founded
,
cast
,Arn. 6, 201: virus,
blown in
,Prud. Ham. 533; Prisc. 560 P.
flato flāto, āre, v. freq. a.id., to blow.Lit.: cantores tibia calamoque flatantes,Arn. 2, p. 69.Trop., August. Conf. 7, 6 med.
flator flātor, ōris, m.id., a blower of a windinstrument: flator tibicen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.; cf.: flat, flator φυσᾷ, αὐλητής, Gloss. Lab.: flatores, tibicines a flando, Placid. p. 463; a caster of metals: triumviri monetales, aeris, argenti, auri flatores,
flaveo flāvĕo, ēre, v. n.flavus, to be golden yellow or gold-colored, to be light yellow (poet.): sed cum maturis flavebit messis aristis, Col. poët. 10, 311; Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 124. In part. pres.: flaventes cerae,Ov. M. 8, 671: culta,Verg. G. 4, 126: Clytius flavens prima lanugine malas,id. A. 10, 324.
Flavina Flāvīna, ae, f., a small city of Etruria, Sil. 8, 492; called also Flāvīnĭum, i, n., Serv. Verg. A. 7, 698. Hence, Flāvīnĭ-us, a, um, adj., Flavinian: arva,Verg. A. 7, 696 Serv.
flavissae flavissae, a false reading in Non. 112, 29, for favissae, v. h. v.).
Flavius Flāvĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens: gens Flavia,Suet. Vesp. 1; Mart. 9, 2, 8. So in partic. Cn. Flavius, the scribe of the pontifiex maximus, Appius Caecus, who published the Fasti, Liv. 9, 46, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17; v. fasti. From the gens Flavia were descended the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian,Suet. Vesp. 1. Hence poet., Flavius ultimus for Domitianus, Juv. 4, 37. Derivv. Flā-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius: templa,i. e.
built by Domitian
,Mart. 9, 4, 12; 9, 35, 2.Flāvĭālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the college of priests for the Flavian family, instituted by Domitian, Flavial-: FLAMEN,Inscr. Orell. 2220: PONTIFEX,ib. 3672: COMES,ib. 3162: SEXVIR,ib. 3726: XVVIRI,ib. 2375: assidentibus Diali sacerdote et collegio Flavialium,Suet. Dom. 4.Flāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius, Flavian: jus civile, named after Cn. Flavius, the publisherof the Fasti, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 7: partes,i. e.
,Sen. Hippol. 652: capillus in flavum colorem,Vulg. Lev. 13, 36; 30. Subst.: an de moneta Caesaris decem flavos, gold pieces (cf. Engl. yellow-boys), Mart. 12, 65, 6. Comp.: flavior, Boëth. ap. Porphyr. Dial. 2, p. 31.
flebilis flēbĭlis, e, adj.fleo. Pass., to be wept over, to be lamented, lamentable (class.): ponite ante oculos miseram illam et flebilem speciem,Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7: o flebiles vigilias!id. Planc. 42, 101: Hector,Ov. Am. 2, 1, 32: Ino,Hor. A. P. 123: flebile principium melior fortuna secuta est,Ov. M. 7, 518. With dat. pers.: multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, Nulli flebilior, quam tibi, Vergili,Hor. C. 1, 24, 9.Act.That makes or causes to weep, that brings tears (poet. and rare): cepe, Lucil. ap. Non. 201, 2: ultor,Ov. H. 13, 48: flebile dictu,Sil. 9, 502.Weeping, tearful, doleful (class.): gemitus elamentabilis; imbecillus, abjectus, flebilis,Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: maeror (est) aegritudo flebilis,id. ib. 4, 8, 18; cf.: affectus vel concitati vel flebiles,Quint. 11, 3, 162: vox,id. ib. 64: elegia,Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3: modi,Hor. C. 2, 9, 9: suavitas,Quint. 11, 3, 170: spargebat tepidos flebilis imbre sinus,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 68: sponsa,Hor. C. 4, 2, 21: matrona,App. M. 6, p. 125, 2 Elm. In neut.: flebile, adverbially: exclusus flebile cantet amans,
dolefully
,
plaintively
,
sadly
,Ov. R. Am. 36: gavisae,Stat. Th. 12, 426; Sil. 7, 648. Hence, adv.: flēbĭlĭter (acc. to II. B.), mournfully, dolefully: vide, quam non flebiliter respondeat,Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39: lamentari,id. ib. 2, 21, 49: canere,id. ib. 1, 35, 85: gemere,Hor. C. 4, 12, 5. Comp.: daemones flebilius ululant,Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 57.
flecto flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.root in Gr. φολκός, bandy-legged; φάλκης, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon. Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo). Lit. In gen.: animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: ora retro,Ov. M. 3, 188: vultus ad illum,id. ib. 4, 265; 10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem,id. ib. 8, 367: geminas acies huc,
,Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus,Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3. Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.): (milvus) flectitur in gyrum,
,id. ib. 8, 883: sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti,Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125. In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory: cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant,Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94: Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur,id. Att. 5, 9, 1.Trop. In gen., to bend, turn, direct: ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus,Lucr. 5, 1406: vocem,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25: qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.: imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere,id. ib. 1, 10, 29: suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,id. Cael. 6, 13: vitam flectere fingereque,id. Sull. 28, 79: mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque,id. Balb. 17, 39: aliquem a proposito,Liv. 28, 22, 11: scribentis animum a vero,id. 1 praef. 5: animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus,Quint. 4, 2, 80: animos ad publica carmina,Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes ... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.): est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium,Liv. 28, 44, 8: juvenis cereus in vitium flecti,Hor. A. P. 163: quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans,
turn aside
,
avert
,Lucr. 5, 108. In partic. To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.: moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc.,Cic. Sull. 6, 18: sed quid te oratione flectam? ... qua re flecte te, quaeso,id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.): judices,Quint. 6, 1, 9: flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis,Hor. C. 4, 1, 6: precibus si flecteris ullis,Verg. A. 2, 689: flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,id. ib. 7, 312; cf.: nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19: desine fata deum flecti sperare precando,Verg. A. 6, 376: animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere,Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.: ingenium alicujus aversum,Sall. J. 102, 3: si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset,
,Stat. S. 5, 1, 119: ad deditionem primos,Liv. 5, 43, 1. Mid.: plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc.,
to let himself be moved
,Quint. 6, 1, 23: flexi in misericordiam,Amm. 12, 27. (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing: ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo,Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.: flexit viam,Liv. 1, 60, 1: dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis,Tac. H. 5, 24.To refer to or apply to any one: versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur,Tac. A. 6, 29: Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset,id. ib. 4, 16. In grammar. To form a word from another language: verba derivare, flectere, conjungere,Quint. 8, 3, 36: hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est,Gell. 4, 3 fin.To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al. Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.). Lit.: cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt,Verg. A. 9, 372: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles,Liv. 3, 8, 6; Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit,id. 28, 16, 3: inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit,Tac. H. 2, 70: in Capitolium,Suet. Tib. 20.Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction: ad providentiam sapientiamque,Tac. A. 13, 3: in ambitionem,id. ib. 4, 37: a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii,id. ib. 1, 34. Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.Lit., bent, winding: error,Ov. M. 8, 160: zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior,Mart. Cap. 8, § 878. In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.Trop., of tones, lengthened: infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,Quint. 11, 3, 172.
flegma flegma, ătis, n., v. phlegma.
flemina flēmĭna, um, n. (=φλεγμονη), a bloody swelling or congestion of blood about theankles; flemina dicuntur, cum ex labore viae sanguis defluit circa talos, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.: lassitudine invaserunt misera in genua flemina,Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 5: bryonia in jumento homineque flemina sanat,Plin. 23, 1, 17, § 28.
fleo flĕo, flēvi, flētum, 2 (contr. forms flēsti, Ov. H. 5, 43; 45: flēmus,Prop. 2, 7, 2; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 291: flērunt,Verg. G. 4, 461; Stat. S. 2, 1, 175: flēsset,id. ib. 145: flēsse,Ov. M. 6, 404; Liv. 30, 44, 7), v. n. and a. [for flev-o, root φλυ-; Gr. φλύω, to bubble up, etc.; L. fluo, fluvius, etc.; cf. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 301 sq.]. Neutr.Lit., to weep, cry, shed tears (syn.: ploro, lugeo, lacrimo): maerentes, flentes, lacrimantes, commiserantes, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 442 P. (Ann. 107 ed. Vahl.): fleo, quia dijungimur,Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 18: quin fles,id. Ps. 1, 1, 73: nimium haec flet,id. Mil. 4, 8, 14: ne fle, mulier!id. Ep. 4, 2, 31: quid fles, Asterie?Hor. C. 3, 7, 1: ille me complexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,Cic. Rep. 6, 14 fin.: haec cum pluribus verbis flens a Caesare peteret,Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 26, 3; id. B. C. 1, 76, 1; 3, 98, 2: deceptus quoniam flevit et ipse, deus,Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 54: felix qui potuit praesenti flere puellae,
Flevo Flēvo, ōnis, m., the Zuyder Zee, a lake at the mouth of the Rhine, Mela, 3, 2 fin.; called also Flēvom (sc. ostium), Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101.
Flevum Flēvum, sc. castellum, a fortress of the Frisii, west of the mouth of the Ems, now Flie or Flieland, Tac. A. 4, 72, v. Orell. ad h. l.
flexanimus flexănĭmus, a, um, adj.flecto + animus (poet.). Act., that bends or sways the heart, moving, affecting: o flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio, Pac. ap. Non. 113, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 177 Rib.); cf.: tantam vim habet illa, quae recte a bono poëta dicta est flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio,Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: amor,Cat. 64, 331: concentus,Mart. Cap. 9, § 906.Pass., touched, moved, affected: flexanima, tamquam lymphata aut Bacchi sacris commota, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80 (Trag. Rel. v. 422 Rib.).
flexibilis flexĭbĭlis, e, adj.flexus, from flecto, that may be bent, pliant, flexible (class.; cf.: lentus, flexilis). Lit.: materiam rerum totam esse flexibilem et commutabilem,Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92: arcus,Ov. Am. 3, 3, 29: (ulmus) ad currus flexibili vite,Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.Trop.Pliant, flexible, tractable: genera vocis permulta: grave, acutum; flexibile, durum,
flexiloquus flexĭlŏquus, a, um, adj.flexus-loquor, ambiguous, equivocal: (oracula) partim falsa, partim casu vera, partim flexiloqua et obscura,Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115.
flexio flexĭo, ōnis, f.flecto, a bending, swaying, turning; a bend, turn, curve (rare but class.). Lit.: trunco toto se ipse moderans et virili laterum flexione,Cic. Or. 18, 59; id. de Or. 3, 59, 220.Trop. In gen.: quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti!i. e.
turnings
,
windings
,Cic. Pis. 22, 53. In partic., of the voice, a modulation, inflection, change: est in dicendo etiam quidam cantus obscurior ... quem significat Demosthenes et Aeschines, cum alter alteri obicit vocis flexiones,Cic. Or. 18, 57: delicatiores in cantu,id. de Or. 3, 25, 98: ut cervices oculosque pariter cum modorum flexionibus torquent,id. Leg. 2, 15, 39.
flexipes flexĭ-pes, pĕdis, adj.flexus, from flecto, with crooked feet: hederae,
flexivice flexĭvĭcē, adv.flexus-vicis, with turnings or windings, crookedly, Pac. ap. Non. 260, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 152 Rib.).
flexo flexo, āre, v. freq. a.flexus, from flecto, to bend, curve: vineam,Cato, R. R. 49 fin.
flexuntes flexuntes, an old name of the Roman knights: equitum nomen saepe variatum est. ... Celeres sub Romulo regibusque appellati sunt, deinde flexuntes, postea trossuli,Plin. 33, 2, 9, § 35 Sillig. N. cr.; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 606.
flexuose flexŭōsē, adv., v. flexuosus fin.
flexuosus flexŭōsus, a, um, adj.2. flexus, full of turns or windings, tortuous, flexuous, crooked, winding.Lit.: flexuosum iter habet auditus, ne quid intrare possit,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144: Taurus mons,Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98: volatus hirundini,id. 10, 24, 35, § 73. Sup.: intestina flexuosissimis orbibus,Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.Trop.: fraudes,Prud. Cath. 6, 143. * Adv.: flexu-ōse, tortuously: si flexuose volitet flamma,Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.
flexura flexūra, ae, f.flexus, from flecto, a bending, winding, turning (rare; not in Cic.). Lit.: lateris,Lucr. 4, 336: angustiae flexuraeque vicorum,Suet. Ner. 38.Trop.: virtus recta est: flexuram non recipit,Sen. Ep. 71, 19.Transf., in gram., inflection, declension of a word, Varr. L. L. 10, § 28 Müll.
flexus flexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from flecto.
flexus flexus, ūs, m.flecto, a bending, turning, winding (class.; in sing. and plur.). Lit.: aures duros et quasi corneolos habent introitus, multisque cum flexibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf. Quint. 6, 13, 9: ut qui cursu parum valent, flexu eludunt,id. 9, 2, 78: cum venissem ad pontem, in quo flexus est ad iter Arpinas,Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1; cf.: in aliquo flexu viae,Liv. 22, 12, 7: implicatae flexibus vallium viae,id. 32, 4, 4: Rhenus modico flexu in occidentem versus,Tac. G. 1: flexu Armeniam petivit,id. A. 12, 12: alio flexu reduci ad viam,Quint. 2, 17, 29: (quo pacto sol) Brumales adeat flexus,Lucr. 5, 616: brumales,id. 5, 640: metae,
,Cat. 64, 114: capilli dociles et centum flexibus apti,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13: in litore flexus Mecybernaeus, the bay or gulf, Mela, 2, 3 init.; cf. id. 3, 1.Trop. In gen., a turning, transition into another state, political change: id enim est caput civilis prudentiae, videre itinera flexusque rerum publicarum,Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paululum haesit ad metas (the figure taken from the turning of the racers on reaching the goal),id. Cael. 31, 75; cf.: si infinitus forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset, i. e. senectus,id. de Or. 1, 1, 1: flexu auctumni (= post medium tempus auctumni, trop. from turning the meta in the Circus),Tac. H. 5, 23; v. Orell. ad h. 1. In partic. (post-Aug.). An artful turning, winding, shifting: inde recta fere est actio, hinc mille flexus et artes desiderantur,Quint. 5, 13, 2: qui haec recta tantum, et in nullos flexus recedentia tractaverit,id. 10, 5, 12. Of the voice, inflection, modulation, variation: citharoedi simul et sono vocis et plurimis flexibus serviunt,Quint. 1, 12, 3: quid quoque flexu dicendum,id. 1, 8, 1: qui flexus deceat miserationem,id. 1, 11, 12; 1, 8, 3. In gram., inflection, variation, derivation (in Varro flexura, v. h. v.): quid vero? quae tota positionis ejusdem in diversos flexus eunt? cum Alba faciat Albanos et Albenses; volo, volui et volavi,Quint. 1, 6, 15.
flictus flictus, ūs, m.fligo, a striking, dashing together, collision (poet.): armamentūm stridor, flictus navium, Pac. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 667 (Trag. Rel. v. 335 ed. Rib.): tum scuta cavaeque Dant sonitum flictu galeae, Verg. l. l.; Sil. 9, 322.
fligo flīgo, ĕre, v. a.Gr. φλάω, φλίβω, = θλάω, θλίβω,, to crush; Lat. flagellum; cf. flagitare,Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 477, to strike, strike down (ante-class.): fligi affligi: ipsus se in terram saucius fligit cadens, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 110, 29 sq. (Trag. Rel. v. 12 Rib.); so Att. ap. Non. 1. 1. (v. 317 Rib.): naves ad saxa,Lucr. 5, 1001 Lachm. N. cr. (al. lidebant or laedebant; v. Munro ad loc. 3d ed.).
flo flo, flāvi, flātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root fla-; Gr. ἐκ‐φλαίνω, to stream forth; φλασμός, vain-glorying; hence, Lat. flatus, flabrum, etc., flos, flōreo, Flōra; Germ. blasen, blähen; Eng. blow, bloom, blast, etc.,Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 301; cf. Grimm, Wörterb. s. v. blähen, blasen]. Neutr., to blow (class.; cf.: spiro, halo): belle nobis flavit ab Epiro lenissimus ventus,Cic. Att. 7, 2, 1: corus ventus in his locis flare consuevit,Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3; id. B. C. 3, 25, 1; 3, 26fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 67; Ov. M. 7, 664: Etesiae contra fluvium flantes,Lucr. 6, 717: quinam flaturi sint venti,Plin. 3, 9, 14, § 94: inflexo Berecynthia tibia cornu Flabit,
will blow
,
sound
,Ov. F. 4, 181. Prov.: simul flare sorbereque haud factu facile'st: ego hic esse et illic simitu hau potui, i. e. to do two opposite things at once, as we say, to blow hot and cold with the same breath, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 104.Act., to blow, blow at, blow out, blow up, or blow away (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.). Lit.: hieme anima, quae flatur, omnium apparet,
which is emitted
,Varr. L. L. 6, § 9 Müll.: Chimaera Ore foras acrem flaret de corpore flammam. Lucr. 5, 906: pulvis vento flatus, Auct. B. Afr. 52, 4: tibia flatur,
is blown
,Ov. F. 4, 341: Phrygius lapis flatur follibus, donec rubescat,
is blown upon
,Plin. 36, 19, 36, § 143.Transf., to cast or coin metals by blowing: aes antiquissimum, quod est flatum, pecore est notatum,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9: flata signataque pecunia,Gell. 2, 10, 3. Hence, the directors of the mint were called triumviri auro argento aeri flando feriundo (abbrev. III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F.), Inscr. Orell. 569; v. ferio.Trop.: omisso magna semper flandi tumore,
of high-flown
,
bombastic talk
,Quint. 12, 6, 5: spernere succina, flare rosas, Fulva monilia respuere, qs. to blow away, i. e. to despise, Prud. στεφ. 3, 21.
flocces flocces, um, f., dregs or less of wine (ante-class.): flocces audierat prisca voce significare vini faecem e vinaceis expressam, sicuti fraces ex oleis, idque apud Caecilium in Polumenis legerat,Gell. 11, 7, 6: neque florem, neque flocces volo mihi, vinum volo, Caecil. ap. Non. 114, 17 (Com. Fragm. v. 190 Rib.): apludam edit et flocces bibit, Auct. ap. Gell. 11, 7, 3.
floccosus floccōsus, a, um, adj.floccus, full of flocks of wool (late Lat.), App. Herb. 62.
floccus floccus, i, m., a lock or flock (of wool, on clothes, in fruits, etc.). Lit.: ne qui flocci intereant,Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 8: pomis substrati flocci,id. ib. 1, 59, 3: in veste floccos legere fimbriasve diducere,Cels. 2, 6: pilulae intus habentes floccos molles,Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28.Transf., something trifling, insignificant, of no account (most freq., esp. with negatives, and in the phrase flocci facere, to make no account of, to care not a straw for;v.the foll.). With a neg.: ceterum qui sis, qui non sis, floccum non interduim,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 152 (Ritschl, ciccum; cf.: eluas tu an exungare, ciccum non interduim,id. Rud. 2, 7, 22): neque ego illum maneo, neque flocci facio,id. Men. 2, 3, 69: is leno flocci non fecit fidem,id. Rud. prol. 47: ego, quae tu loquere, flocci non facio,id. ib. 3, 5, 3: prorsus aveo scire, nec tamen flocci facio,Cic. Att. 13, 50, 3: totam rem publicam flocci non facere,id. ib. 4, 15, 4: quare, ut opinor, φιλοσοφητέον, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, id. ib. 1, 16, 13 Orell. N. cr. (but here Ernesti reads ἐατέον): satin abiit, neque quod dixi flocci existimat!Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 73: invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum; ego non flocci pendere,Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21. Without a neg. (ante-class.), to account of slight value, of small importance: rumorem, famam flocci fecit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. obstinato, p. 193, 11 Müll.: tu istos minutos cave deos flocci feceris,Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 24: flocci facere,id. Most. 3, 2, 121; id. Men. 5, 7, 5; id. Ep. 3, 2, 12; id. Trin. 4, 2, 150; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 11. In pass.: flocci fiet. Culi cultor, Titin. ap. Non. 131, 33: rogata fuerit nec ne, flocci aestimo, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. muneralis, p. 143 Müll.: flocci pendo, quid rerum geras, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fulg. Exp. Serm. p. 565, 5.
,Gell. 9, 12, 7. More freq., Flōrālis, e, adj.Of or belonging to Flora, Floral: flamen,Varr. L. L. 7, § 45: joci,Lact. 1, 20, 6; Sen. Ep. 97, p. 80 Bip.Of or belonging to the festival of Flora, of the Floralia: sacrum, Ov. F. 4, 947: dignissima tuba Florali matrona,Juv. 6, 250: ludi,Inscr. Orell. 2545. In plur. subst.: Flōrālĭa, ium and ōrum, n., the festival of Flora: Florae ludi Floralia instituti,Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Quint. 1, 5, 52: (prisci) Floralia IIII. Kal. Mai. instituerunt urbis anno DXIII. ex oraculis Sibyllae, ut omnia bene deflorescerent,Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 286: Varro Floralium, non Floraliorum ait, cum non ludos Florales illic, sed ipsum festum, Floralia, significaret,Macr. S. 1, 4, 14; Pers. 5, 178: solenni Floraliorum die,Just. 43, 4, 6. Hence, Flō-rālĭcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the feast of Flora: et Floralicias lasset arena feras,i. e.
designed for the combats exhibited during the festival of Flora
florens flōrens, entis, Part. and P. a., from floreo.
florenter flōrenter, adv., flourishingly; v. floreo, P. a. fin.
Florentia Flōrentĭa, ae, f., a city of Etruria, situated on the river Arno, the modern Florence, Flor. 3, 21 fin.; Front. de Colon. p. 112 Goes.; cf. Zumpt, de Colon. p. 253. Derivv. Flōrentĭa, ae, f., a sort of vine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.Flōren-tīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Florentia, Florentine: Colonia,i. e.
Florentia
,Front. 1. 1. In plur. subst.: Flō-rentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Florentia, Florentines, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52; Tac. A. 1, 79.
floreo flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.flos, to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo). Lit.: per terras frondent atque omnia florent,Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16: possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?id. N. D. 2, 7, 19: imputata floret usque vinea,Hor. Epod. 16, 44: vinea, segetes,Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.: narcisso floreat alnus,Verg. E. 8, 52: florentes ferulae,id. ib. 10, 25. Poet.: si bene floreat annus,Ov. F. 5, 327.Transf. (Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth: si vinum florere incipiet,Col. 12, 30, 1: vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,Ov. F. 5, 270.To get the first downy beard: libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,Mart. 3, 6, 4.To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.: mare velivolis florebat puppibus,Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.: hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,id. 1, 255 Lachm.: Hybla multis thymis,Ov. P. 2, 7, 26: jam pridem regio ... undat equis floretque viris,Val. Fl. 1, 547.To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors: pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,Verg. G. 2, 6; of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.: floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.To be bright (cf. P. a. infra): lumina floruisse,Tert. Apol. 11: caelum luminibus floruisset,id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol. Of persons and animate things. With abl.: in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128: privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,id. de Or. 3, 2, 7: omni genere virtutis,id. Brut. 7, 28: cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,id. Ac. 2, 6, 16: honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,id. de Or. 1, 1, 1: gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,id. Fam. 4, 13, 2: laudibus,id. ib. 9, 14, 2: nobilitate discipulorum,id. de Or. 3, 35, 141: omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),id. Inv. 2, 1, 1: tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,id. Or. 5, 20. With in and abl.: in re militari Epaminondas,Nep. Epam. 5: ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,Cic. Cael. 24, 59: in foro,id. Ac. 2, 1, 1: in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,id. Fam. 1, 9, 2: in senectute,id. Lael. 1, 4. Absol.: ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.: floret Epicurus,id. Off. 3, 33, 116: qui inter illos florebas,id. Quint. 26, 80: cum multis simul floruit,Quint. 3, 1, 9: floruit circa Philippum,id. 12, 10. 6: circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,
is in his bloom
,
prime
,Lucr. 5, 884. Of inanim. and abstr. things. With abl.: illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4: doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31: meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,id. Sest. 63, 131: aliquid floret laudibus,Lucr. 5, 1279.Absol.: quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,Cic. Lael. 4, 13: quae familia admodum floruit,Suet. Ner. 6: quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,Cic. Rep. 2, 34: gloria generis floret,id. Fl. 11, 25: verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,Hor. A. P. 62: aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,
to shine in perpetual bloom
,
perpetual youth
,Stat. Th. 1, 705. Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright (poet. and in postclass. prose): Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804: lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,Lucr. 4, 450; so, smaragdi arcano igne,Stat. Th. 2, 276: postes arcano lumine,id. ib. 1, 210: catervae aere,Verg. A. 7, 804: exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,Gell. 5, 5, 2.Abounding in flowers: vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,Ov. M. 7, 702. Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland: do hanc tibi florentem florenti,Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. β infra).Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent. Of animate things. With abl.: complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2: gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15: regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.: ambo florentes aetatibus,Verg. E. 7, 4.Absol.: qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,Cic. Par. 2, 18: quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,id. Planc. 35, 86: oratores florentes et leviter ornati,id. Or. 6, 20: florens et illustris adolescens,Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124. Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4. Of inanim. and abstr. things. With abl.: florentes viribus anni,Sil. 1, 226; so, anni vigore,Petr. 132: animus vino,
joyous
,Gell. 6, 13, 4.Absol.: (majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.: civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3: invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210: florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),id. Quint. 30, 93: quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.: neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,Sall. J. 83, 1: florentes Etruscorum opes,Liv. 1, 2, 3: florentissima Samnitium castra,Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: equus florenti aetate,Lucr. 5, 1074: aevo florente puellae,id. 3, 1008; cf.: adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,Hor. A. P. 115: florentissima ejus erat aetas,Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo ἄνθη ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.: modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96: oratio florentissima,Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf. also: florentis facundiae homo,id. 19, 9, 2 Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.
floresco flōresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [floreo], to begin to blossom or flower, to come out in blossom (class.). Lit.: antequam (plantae) gemmas agant et florescere incipiant, Varr. R. R. 1, 30: florescunt tempore certo arbusta,Lucr. 5, 670: puleium aridum florescere ipso brumali die,Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33.Trop., to begin to flourish or prosper, to grow into repute: nolite hunc nunc primum florescentem pervertere,Cic. Cael. 32, 79: hoc (Hortensio) florescente, Cassius est mortuus,id. Brut. 88, 303: cui quidem ad summam gloriam eloquentiae florescenti ferro erepta vita est,id. de Or. 3, 3, 11 (efflorescenti, Orell.). Of things: patria nostra florescit,Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 1: illa senescere, at haec contra florescere cogunt,Lucr. 2, 74; cf. id. 5, 895.To abound in (cf. floreo, I. B. 3.): armata florescant pube novales,Val. Fl. 7, 77.!*? The part. fut. pass. in neuter signif.: EODEM DIE (i. e. IV. Calend. Mai.) AEDIS FLORAE, QVAE REBVS FLORESCENDIS PRAEEST, DEDICATA EST, Calend. Praenest. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 389; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 44.
floreus flōrĕus, a, um, adj.flos, of flowers, made of flowers (poet.). Lit.: corona,
,Verg. A. 1, 430: juga Hymetti,Val. Fl. 5, 344.Transf., shining, beautiful: crines, Pac. and Att. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 605: lanugo, Att. ib. (al. flora).
Florianus Flōrĭānus, i, m., a Roman surname. Esp., M. Annius, half-brother of the emperor Tacitus, after whose death he usurped the empire, A. D. 276, but after a few weeks met an obscure death at Tarsus, Aur. Vict. Caes. 36, 37; Eutr. 9, 10; v. esp. Vop. Flor.
floricomus flōrĭcŏmus, a, um, adj.flos + coma, crowned with flowers: Aetna,Aus. Ep. 4, 49: ver,Avien. Arat. 1000.
floridus flōrĭdus, a, um, adj.flos, full of or abounding with flowers, flowery (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: hydrauli hortabere, ut audiat voces potius quam Platonis? expones, quae spectet, florida et varia?Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: serta,
,Cat. 68, 16; cf.: novitas mundi,Lucr. 5, 943: florida et vegeta forma,Suet. Galb. 20: Demetrius Phalereus est floridior, ut ita dicam, quam Hyperides,
flowery
,
florid
,Cic. Brut. 82, 285; cf.: tertium (dicendi genus) alii medium ex duobus, alii floridum (namque id ἀνθηρὸν appellant) addiderunt, Quint. 12, 10, 58: floridius genus (scriptorum),id. 2, 5, 18: oratio,id. 8, 3, 74: floridissimus tui sermonis afflatus,Aus. Ep. 17: floridior in declamando quam in agendo,Sen. Contr. 4 praef. 5. Adv.: flōrĭde, with flowers, brightly: depicta vestis,App. M. 11 fin.: ecclesia clarius ac floridius enituit,Lact. Mort. Pers. 3.
florifertum flōrĭfertumdictum, quod eo die spicae feruntur ad sacrarium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 91, 10 Müll.; cf.: FLORIFERTVM, ἀνθοφορία, Gloss. Labb.
florigenus flōrĭgĕnus, a, um, adj.flos + gigno, producing blossoms, blossoming, poet. of the first hairs of the beard: malae, Poët. in Anth. Lat. II. p. 633 ed. Burm.
floritio flōrĭtĭo, ōnis, f.floreo, a blossoming, flowering, Hier. Homil. 2, in Cantic.
Florius Flōrĭus, a, um, v. Flora, II. A.
florosus flōrōsus, a, um, adj.flos, abounding in flowers, Venant. Carm. 5, 6, 7.
florulentus flōrŭlentus, a, um, adj.id., abounding in flowers, flowery (post-class.). Lit.: Hymettus,Sol. 7: purpurae, i. e. rosae purpureae, Auct. Pervig. Ven. 19.Trop., blooming, youthful: succuba, Prud. στεφ. 10, 191: pomposae facundiae florulenta germina, Venant. praef. lib. 1.
florus flōrus, a, um, adj.id., shining, bright (very rare): equus florā et comanti jubā,Gell. 3, 9, 3: crines, lanugo (al. florei and florea); v. floreus, II.
Florus Flōrus, i, m., a Roman surname. So esp., Julius Florus, a celebrated orator of Gaul, a pupil of Portius Latro, Quint. 10, 3, 13 Spald.; perh. the same to whom the three epistles of the 1st book and the two of the 2d book of the Epistles of Horace are addressed. Florus, called in some MSS. L. Annaeus, in others Julius, who compiled a brief history of Rome; he probably wrote in the time of Hadrian; v. Dict. of Biogr. 2, p. 176 sq.; Teuffel, Roem. Lit. p. 786 sq. Gessius Florus, procurator of Judaea in the reign of Nero, Tac. H. 5, 10. Julius Florus, a nobleman of the Treviri, a leader of revolt, Tac. A. 3, 40 sqq.
flos flōs, ōris, m.root fla-; Gr. ἐκ‐φλαίνω, to stream forth; cf. φλασμός; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo, a blossom, flower.Lit.: suaves flores,Lucr. 1, 8: juvat novos decerpere flores,id. 1, 928: novi,Hor. C. 4, 1, 32: recentes,id. ib. 3, 27, 44: verni,id. ib. 2, 11, 9: florum omnium varietas,Cic. de Sen. 15, 54: suavitas odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus,id. ib. 17, 59: laetissimi flores,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: ninguntque rosarum Floribus,Lucr. 2, 628: flores rosae, rosarum,Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4: piabunt floribus et vino Genium,id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.: fons Bandusiae, dulci digne mero non sine floribus,id. C. 3, 13, 2: nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,id. ib. 1, 4, 10: recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,
the stage strewed with flowers
,id. Ep. 2, 1, 79: carduus florem purpureum mittit inter medios aculeos,
puts forth
,Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31: legere,Ov. M. 4, 315.Transf.The honey of flowers sucked out by the bees: rure levis verno flores apis ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos,Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17. In gen., like the Gr. ἄνθος, for whatever forms either the best part or the highest part of a thing (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).The flower of any thing, i. e. the prime or best part, also the best kind of any thing: postquam est honoratus frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of wine, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so, vini (Bacchi),Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; id. Cas. 3, 5, 16; Lucr. 3, 221. The best kind of oil, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of wax, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of salt, id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; Cato, R. R. 88, 2; of meal, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of cream, Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest dish: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.The highest part, the top, crown, head of a thing. Of the froth of wine, Cato, R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136. The blisters, scales that are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the upper dust of marble or gypsum, Col. 12, 20, 8. Poet. of the first downy hairs of the beard: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.;Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562: ante genas dulces quam flos juvenilis inumbret,Claud. in Prob. Cons. Pan. 69. Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a tip or flash of flame, Lucr. 1, 900. In archit., carved flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian capital, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.Trop., the flower, crown, ornament of any thing (class.; a favorite flg. of Cic.). In gen.: ea tempestate flos poëtarum fuit (Plautus),Plaut. Cas. prol. 18: sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque siti flos veteris ubertatis exaruit,Cic. Brut. 4, 16: (Ennius) flos delibatus populi ... qua (eloquentia) virum excellentem praeclare tum illi homines florem populi esse dixerunt,id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.): flos nobilitatis ac juventutis,id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61: versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,id. Or. 10, 34; cf.: quod floris, quod roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant,Liv. 37, 12, 7: ex morbo velut renovatus flos juventae,id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8: provincia Galliae ... ille flos Italiae, illud firmamentum imperii populi Romani, illud ornamentum dignitatis,Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: flos dignitatis,id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.: ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, divino consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse arbitror,
,Sen. Ep. 26: videmus Vergilium ea de causa hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores modo rerum decerpsisse,i. e.
the choicest
,
best
,Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.Transf.: flos aetatis, maidenly or youthful innocence (of girls or boys), virginity: (virgo) cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem,Cat. 62, 46: Hasdrubal flore aetatis, uti ferunt, primo Hamilcari conciliatus,Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4: florem aetatis (Caesaris) in Bithynia contaminatum,Suet. Caes. 49. In partic., of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament: ut porro conspersa sit (oratio) quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96: flos aut lumen eloquentiae,id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.: nullus flos tamen neque lumen ullum (in M. Crassi oratione),id. ib. 66, 233: florem et colorem defuisse,id. ib. 87, 298: alia copia locuples, alia floribus laeta,Quint. 8, 3, 87: male audire ... nimiis floribus et ingenii affluentia,id. 12, 10, 13.
floscellus floscellus, i, m.dim.flos, a floweret: ad solis cursum floscelli se vertunt,App. Herb. 49.
flosculus floscŭlus, i, m. (collat. form, floscŭ-la, ae, f., Fulg. Serm. 6), dim.flos, a little flower, floweret (rare but class.). Lit.: ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43.Transf., the part of a fruit where the blossom was, the eye, Col. 12, 45, 5.Trop., the flower, pride, ornament: non enim flosculos ... sed, jam decimum aetatis ingressus annum, certos atque deformatos fructus ostenderat,Quint. 6 praef. § 9; Cat. 24, 1: vitae,i. e.
youth
,Juv. 9, 127. In partic., of speech. Flower of rhetoric, ornament: omnes undique flosculos carpere atque delibare,Cic. Sest. 56, 119; cf.: juvenibus flosculos omnium partium in ea, quae sunt dicturi, congerentibus,Quint. 10, 5, 23; 2, 5, 22; 12, 10, 73: ut Noctes istae quadam tenus his quoque historiae flosculis leviter injectis aspergerentur,Gell. 17, 2, 1.A motto, sentence culled from a writing, Sen. Ep. 33, 1.
flovios flovios, v. fluvius init.
flucticola fluctĭcŏla, ae, adj.fluctus-colo, living in waves: nurus,Sid. Carm. 10, 1.
fluctisonus fluctĭ-sŏnus, a, um, adj.fluctus+sonus, wave-resounding, roaring with waves (post-Aug. prose): profundum,Sil. 12, 355: litora,Sen. Herc. Oet. 836.
fluctivagus fluctĭvăgus, a, um, adj.fluctus+vagus, driven about by the waves (post-Aug. poetry): nautae,Stat. S. 3, 1, 84: unda,id. Th. 1, 271.
flucto flucto, āre, false read. in Lucr. 4, 77, instead of flutant; v. fluito).
fluctuabundus fluctŭābundus, a, umfluctuor, vacillating, Ambros. de Job, 4, 10, 27 fin.
fluctuatim fluctŭātim, adv.fluctuo, flauntingly: fluctuatim jactanter et solute. Afranius Pompa: magnifice volo, fluctuatim ire ad illum, etc.,Non. 111, 29 sq. (Afran. Fr. Com. v. 237 Rib.).
fluctuatio fluctŭātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a vibrating to and fro, a fluctuation (not ante-Aug., and very rare). Lit., a wavering motion, agitation: tunc artus trepidi, inquietae manus, totius corporis fluctuatio, Sen. de Ira, 2, 35, 3.Trop., wavering, hesitation, vacillation of the mind: in ea fluctuatione animorum opprimi incautos posse,Liv. 9, 25, 6; Vulg. Sirach, 40, 4.
fluctuo fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur: fluctuatur, fluctuat,Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n.fluctus, to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito). Lit. Form fluctuo: nunc valide fluctuat mare,Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14: ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,id. ib. 4, 1, 12; 4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91: quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72: agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2: fluctuet aër,Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281: fluctuant insulae,Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209: seges,Sen. Herc. Fur. 699. In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. Form fluctuor: deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,
,id. 16, 38, 73, § 186: lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate. Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.: animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,Verg. A. 10, 680: mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,Cat. 65, 4: magnis curarum fluctuat undis,id. 64, 62; cf.: magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150: fluctuat ira intus,Verg. A. 12, 527: irarum fluctuat aestu,id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62: ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,Val. Fl. 3, 637: fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,Liv. 42, 59, 8: totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,Curt. 3, 10, 6: in suo decreto,Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29: fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,id. Att. 1, 20, 2: genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16: omnia et citata et fluctuantia,Sen. Contr. 3, 19. Form fluctuor: utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,Liv. 23, 33, 3: fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4: ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.
fluctuosus fluctŭōsus, a, um, adj.fluctus, full of waves, billowy (very rare). Lit.: in mari fluctuoso,i. e.
fluctus fluctus, ūs (ante-class. form of the gen. sing. fluctuis, Varr. and Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 1; nom. plur. flucti, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 488, 12), m.fluo; cf. fluctio, the peculiar motion of fluids, a flowing, waving. In abstr. (rare; cf.: unda, fluentum): jactetur aquae fluctu quoque terra vacillans,Lucr. 6, 554 sq. Of the flowing motion of the magnetic fluid (v. aestus): Cogitur offensare pulsareque fluctu Ferrea texta suo,Lucr. 6, 1053. In mal. part., Lucr. 4, 1271; cf. fluctuo, I. αfin.Transf., a flow, flood. In concr., a wave, billow, surge, esp. of the sea (the predom. signif. of the word in prose and poetry; esp. freq. in the plur.). Sing.: fons aquae dulcis, qui fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, etc., the flood, i. e. high tide, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: alia fluctus differt, dissipat visceratim membra, Maria salsa spumant sanguine, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 144 ed. Vahl.): ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76; 82: fluctum a saxo frangi,Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6: fluctus uti ... volutus Ad terras immane sonat per saxa,Verg. G. 3, 237: ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,
to the waves
,Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5.Plur.: indu mari magno fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): mulserat huc navim compulsam fluctibus pontus, id. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 ed. Vahl.): excitatis maximis fluctibus,Cic. Rep. 1, 6: (insulae) fluctibus cinctae,id. ib. 2, 4; cf.: Massilia, quae cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus alluitur,id. Fl. 26, 63: sese fluctibus committere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91: sedatis fluctibus,id. Inv. 2, 51, 154: puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum tempestatumque accommodatae,Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 3: in fluctibus consistere,id. ib. 4, 24, 2: fluctibus compleri,id. ib. 4, 28fin.: luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum Mercator metuens,Hor. C. 1, 1, 15: o navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus,id. ib. 1, 14, 2: mulcere fluctus et tollere vento,Verg. A. 1, 66: procella ... fluctus ad sidera tollit,id. ib. 1, 103: revomere salsos fluctus pectore,id. ib. 5, 182. Prov.: excitare fluctus in simpulo, to raise a tempest in a tea-pot, i. e. to make much ado about nothing, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.Poet. transf., a stream of odors: unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,Lucr. 4, 675. And of a stream of fire: atro volvens incendia fluctu,Val. Fl. 7, 572.Trop., like tempestas and unda, and our waves or billows, for turbulence, commotion, disturbance: qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,Cic. Planc. 4, 11; cf. contionum,id. Mil. 2, 5: rerum Fluctibus in mediis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85; cf. also Lucr. 5, 11: hoc omne tempus post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 8, 3, 5: fluctus civiles,Nep. Att. 6: capere irarum fluctus in pectore,Lucr. 3, 298; so, irarum,id. 6, 74; Verg. A. 12, 831; Val. Max. 9, 3 init.: tristes curarum,Lucr. 6, 34: belli,id. 5, 1290.
fluens fluens, Part. and P. a., from fluo.
fluenter flŭenter, adv., in a flowing manner, v. fluo fin.
fluentisonus flŭentĭsŏnus, a, um, adj.fluentum-sono, wave-resounding: litus,Cat. 64, 52.
fluento flŭento, āre, v. a.fluentum, to water (late Lat.), Venant. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 642.
fluentum flŭentum, i, n.fluo, a flow, flood; in concr., running water, a stream, river.Lit. (poet. and in post-class. prose; usually in plur.): fluenta Lubrica,Lucr. 5, 949: Xanthi,Verg. A. 4, 143: rauca (Cocyti),id. ib. 6, 327: Tiberina,id. ib. 12, 35: cum inter fluenta tibiis fidibusque concineret, i. e. bythe Euripus, Flor. 2, 8, 9: Jordanis,Vulg. Num. 13, 30. In sing., App. de Deo Socr. p. 52; Aus. Mos. 10, 59; Avien. Perieg. 32; Prud. στεφ. 12, 32. Of milk: tonans (Juppiter) suxit fluenta mammarum,Arn. 4, 141.Transf., a stream of fire (cf. fluctus, II. A. 2.): flammarum, App. de Mundo, p. 73 (shortly before, flumina); a stream or current of air, Lucr. 5, 278; al. fluenteis for fluentis.
fluesco flŭesco (or fluisco), ĕre, v. inch. n. [fluo], to become fluid, to melt, dissolve (late Lat.): salem in aqua fluescere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 5 fin.: nivem,id. ib. 7med.
fluito flŭĭto (contract. flūto, Lucr. 3, 189; 4, 77; Varr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [fluo], to float, swim, or sail about on the water, to flow (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: in lacu Apuscidamo omnia fluitant, nihil mergitur (shortly before: in quo stagno nihil innatet),Plin. 31, 2, 18, § 22: materies primo sidit, postea fluitare incipit,id. 13, 7, 14, § 57: rei publicae navem fluitantem in alto tempestatibus, *Cic. Sest. 20, 46: fluitans alvĕus,Liv. 1, 4, 6: fluitantes insulae,Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168: ebenus in aquis non fluitat,id. 16, 40, 76, § 204: in summo,id. 28, 9, 35, § 134: contra aquas,id. 29, 3, 12, § 52: fusile aurum per rictus,
to flow
,Ov. M. 11, 127: jucundum utrumque per jocum ludumque fluitantibus,
those who sail about
,Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4.Transf., to move in a waving, unsteady manner; to wave, undulate: fluitantia aplustra,Lucr. 2, 555: pleno fluitantia vela theatro,Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 13: vela summo fluitantia malo,Ov. M. 11, 470: fluitantia lora,i. e.
flowing
,
slack
,id. A. A. 2, 433: vestis non fluitans sed stricta et singulos artus exprimens,
,Tac. H. 5, 18; 3, 27: vela (in theatris) per malos trabesque trementia flutant namque ... cogunt suo fluitare colore,
to wave
,Lucr. 4, 77 sq.Trop., to be doubtful or uncertain, to waver: animi incerto errore fluitans,Lucr. 3, 1052: spe dubiae horae,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 110: unde primum creditur Caecinae fides fluitasse,Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.: fluitans fides,Claud. B. G. 247: citra lectionis exemplum labor ille (scribendi) carens rectore fluitabit, i. e. will be performed at random,Quint. 10, 1, 2.
flumen flūmen, ĭnis, n.id., a flowing of water; and concr., a flood, stream, flowing or running water (syn.: fluvius, amnis, rivus). In gen. (mostly poet.): Romane, aquam Albanam cave lacu contineri, cave in mare manare suo flumine sinas, an old prophetic formula ap. Liv. 5, 16, 9: rapidus montano flumine torrens,Verg. A. 2, 305; cf. Ov. R. Am. 651: visendus ater flumine languido Cocytos errans,Hor. C. 2, 14, 17: inde sequemur Ipsius amnis iter, donec nos flumine certo Perferat,Val. Fl. 8, 189: et Tiberis flumen vomit in mare salsum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 ed. Vahl.); cf.: teque pater Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto,id. ib. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.): donec me flumine vivo Abluero,
in a living
,
running stream
,Verg. A. 2, 719; cf.: quin tu ante vivo perfunderis flumine? Auct. ap. Liv. 1, 45, 6 (for which: aqua viva,Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.). In plur.: nymphae venas et flumina fontis Elicuere sui,
streams
,Ov. M. 14, 788: frigida Scamandri,Hor. Epod. 13, 14: Symaethia circum Flumina,Verg. A. 9, 585: limosa potat,Ov. M. 1, 634; cf.: Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,Hor. S. 1, 1, 69: maritima immittere in piscinas,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9. In partic., a river.Lit. (the predominant signif. of the word both in prose and poetry): quod per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.: ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78: Scipio biduum moratus ad flumen, quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1: aurea flumina,Lucr. 5, 911: habet non tantum venas aquarum terra, ex quibus corrivatis flumina effici possunt, sed et amnes magnitudinis vastae, etc.,Sen. Q. N. 3, 19; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 5: nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,id. N. D. 2, 60, 152: una pars (Galliae) initium capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur Garumna flumine ... attingit etiam flumen Rhenum, etc.,Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6 sq.; 1, 2, 7: inter montem Juram et flumen Rhodanum,id. ib. 1, 6, 1: flumen est Arar, quod, etc.,id. ib. 1, 12, 1: flumen Dubis,id. ib. 1, 38, 4: non Seres, non Tanain prope flumen orti,Hor. C. 4, 15, 24: Veliternos ad Asturae flumen Maenius fudit,Liv. 8, 13, 5 Drak. N. cr.: terrarum situs et flumina dicere,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252: secundo flumine ad Lutetiam iter facere coepit,
,Petr. Fragm. p. 899 Burm.Transf., of other things which flow in streams or like streams, a stream, flood (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): sanguinis,Lucr. 2, 354; 4, 1029: largoque humectat flumine vultum,
flood of tears
,Verg. A. 1, 465: laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,
streams of milk
,id. G. 3, 310: flumina jam lactis, jam flumina nectaris,Ov. M. 1, 111: rigido concussae flumine nubes Exonerabantur, a torrent of rain, Petr. poët. Sat. 123; cf.: ut picis e caelo demissum flumen,
,App. de Mund. p. 61, 33 Elm. p. 258 Bip.Trop., of expression, a flow, fluency, stream: orationis flumine reprehensoris convicia diluuntur,Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20: flumen orationis aureum,id. Ac. 2, 38, 119: orationis,id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; cf.: flumen verborum volubili tasque,id. Or. 16, 53: gravissimorum op timorumque verborum,id. de Or. 2, 45, 188: inanium verborum,id. N. D. 2, 1, 1: Lysias ... puro fonti quam magno flumini propior,Quint. 10, 1, 78; 9, 4, 61; cf. id. 10, 1, 61; Petr. 5 fin. And fig.: neque concipere neque edere partum mens potest, nisi ingenti flumine litterarum inundata,Petr. 118.
Flumentana Flūmentāna (porta), f.flumen, a gate of Rome near the Tiber; River-gate, at the entrance to the Campus Martius: Flumentana porta Romae appellata, quod Tiberis partem ea fluxisse affirmant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 6; Liv. 35, 9, 3; 35, 21, 5; Inscr. Fratr. Arv. p. 254 ed. Marin.; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 155 sq.Transf.: nescis cur, cum portam Flumentanam Caelius occuparit, ego Puteolos non meos faciam,i. e.
fluo flŭo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic form of the sup.: FLUCTUM, acc. to Prisc. p. 817 P.; cf.: fluo, fluctum, Not. Tir. From this form are derived fluctio and fluctus. In Lucr. 6, 800, the correct read. is laveris, not flueris, v. Lachm. ad h. l.), v. n.Gr. φλυ‐, φλῦσαι, ἀναφλύω, etc.; Lat. fleo, fletus; flumen, fluctus, etc.; orig. one root with fla-, to blow, q. v. and cf. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 302, to flow (cf.: mano, labor, etc.). Lit.: per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.: ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78: flumen quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1; cf. also: aurea tum dicat per terras flumina vulgo Fluxisse,Lucr. 5, 911: fluvius Eurotas, qui propter Lacedaemonem fluit,Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96: Helvetiorum inter fines et Allobrogum Rhodanus fluit,Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2: Arar in utram partem fluat,id. ib. 1, 12, 1: ea, quae natura fluerent atque manarent, ut aqua,Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: fluens unda, water from a stream (opp.: putealis unda, spring-water), Col. 1, 5, 1: in foveam,Lucr. 2, 475; cf. id. 5, 271: fluxit in terram Remi cruor,Hor. Epod. 7, 19; cf. Luc. 6, 61: imber,Ov. P. 4, 4, 2: sanguis,id. M. 12, 312: fluit de corpore sudor,id. ib. 9, 173; cf.: sudor fluit undique rivis,Verg. A. 5, 200: aes rivis,id. ib. 8, 445: nudo sub pede musta fluunt,Ov. R. Am. 190: madidis fluit unda capillis,
,Col. 3, 2, 24; 3, 2, 5; 12, 52, 1. With acc. of kin. signif.: Oenotria vina fluens,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 264. To move in the manner of fluids, to flow, stream, pour: inde alium (aëra) supra fluere,
to flow
,Lucr. 5, 514 and 522: unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,id. 4, 675 sq.; cf.: principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant: Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor a sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris,id. 6, 922 sq.: aestus e lapide,id. 6, 1002: venti,id. 1, 280: fluit undique victor Mulciber,Sil. 17, 102: comae per levia colla fluentes,
,id. A. 12, 444: olli fluunt ad regia tecta,id. ib. 11, 236; so of a multitude or crowd of men: densatis ordinibus effuse fluentem in se aciem excepere,Curt. 6, 1, 6. Pregn., of bodies, to pass away, fall away, to fall off or out, to vanish: excident gladii, fluent arma de manibus,Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8: capilli fluunt,Cels. 6, 1; Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 17: sponte fluent (poma) matura suā,Ov. Am. 2, 14, 25: quasi longinquo fluere omnia cernimus aevo,Lucr. 2, 69; cf.: cuncta fluunt omnisque vagans formatur imago,Ov. M. 15, 178: dissolvuntur enim tum demum membra fluuntque, Lucr. 4, 919: surae fluxere,Luc. 9, 770: buccae fluentes,
fallen in
,
lank
,Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266.Trop. In gen., to flow, spring, arise, come forth; to go, proceed: ex ejus (Nestoris) lingua melle dulcior fluebat oratio,Cic. de Sen. 10, 31: carmen vena pauperiore fluit,Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 20: Calidii oratio ita libere fluebat, ut nusquam adhaeresceret,Cic. Brut. 79, 274: in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf. also: grammatice pleno jam satis alveo fluit,id. 2, 1, 4: quae totis viribus fluit oratio,id. 9, 4, 7: oratio ferri debet ac fluere,id. 9, 4, 112. Transf., of the writer himself: alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit,Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf.: (Lucilius) cum flueret lutulentus,Hor. S. 1, 4, 11; 1, 10, 50; 1, 7, 28: facetiis,Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 12: multa ab ea (luna) manant et fluunt, quibus animantes alantur augescantque,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50: haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,id. ib. 3, 19, 48: dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,Quint. 12, 2, 6; 5, 10, 19; 5, 9, 14: omnia ex natura rerum hominumque fluere,id. 6, 2, 13: nomen ex Graeco fluxisse,id. 3, 4, 12: ab isto capite fluere necesse est omnem rationem bonorum et malorum,Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34; Quint. 1, 1, 12: unde id quoque vitium fluit,id. 11, 3, 109; 7, 3, 33: Pythagorae doctrina cum longe lateque flueret,
spread itself
,Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2: multum fluxisse video de libris nostris variumque sermonem,id. N. D. 1, 3, 6: sic mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora,
flow
,
pass
,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 23: in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,
going
,Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: rebus supra votum fluentibus, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 169 (Hist. 1, 101 Dietsch); Tac. H. 3, 48; Just. 23, 3; cf.: rebus prospere fluentibus,
succeeding
,
prospering
,Tac. Or. 5; id. A. 15, 5: illius rationes quorsum fluant, proceed, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.: res fluit ad interregnum,Cic. Att. 4, 16, 11; cuncta in Mithridatem fluxere,Tac. A. 11, 9. In partic. Of speech, etc., to flow uniformly, be monotonous: efficiendum est ne fluat oratio, ne vagetur, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190: quod species ipsa carminum docet, non impetu et instinctu nec ore uno fluens,Tac. A. 14, 16; cf. Cic. Brut. 79. Pregn., to dissolve, vanish, perish: qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus fluimusque mollitia,Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: fluens mollitiis,Vell. 1, 6, 2; 2, 88, 2: cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi, nec diutius esse uno et eodem statu,Cic. Or. 3, 10: fluit voluptas corporis et prima quaeque avolat,id. Fin. 2, 32, 106: fluentem procumbentemque rem publicam populi Romani restituere,Vell. 2, 16 fin. Hence, fluens, entis, P. a.Lax, relaxed, debauched, enervated, effeminate: inde soluti ac fluentes non accipiunt e scholis mala ista, sed in scholas afferunt,Quint. 1, 2, 8: Campani fluentes luxu,Liv. 7, 29, 5: incessu ipso ultra muliebrem mollitiem fluentes,Sen. Tranq. 15: fluentibus membris, incessu femineo,Aug. Civ. D. 7, 26. Of speech, Flowing, fluent: sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,Cic. Or. 20, 66: lenis et fluens contextus,Quint. 9, 4, 127.Lax, unrestrained: ne immoderata aut angusta aut dissoluta aut fluens sit oratio,Cic. Or. 58, 198: dissipata et inculta et fluens oratio,id. ib. 65, 220; and transf. of the speaker: in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes sumus,Quint. 9, 4, 138. Adv.: flŭenter, in a flowing, waving manner (very rare): res quaeque fluenter fertur,Lucr. 6, 935 (but not ib. 520, where the correct read. is cientur; v. Lachm.): capillo fluenter undante,App. M. 2, p. 122, 7. fluxus, a, um, P. a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit., flowing, fluid: elementa arida atque fluxa, App. de Mundo: sucus,Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133: vas fluxum pertusumque,i. e.
,Tac. H. 2, 99. Pregn., frail, perishable, weak: corpora,Tac. H. 2, 32; cf.: spadone eviratior fluxo,Mart. 5 41, 1, : (murorum) aevo fluxa,Tac. H. 2, 22. Trop.Lax, loose, dissolute, careless: animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,Sall. C. 14, 5: cf.: animi fluxioris esse,Suet. Tib. 52: duces noctu dieque fluxi,Tac. H. 3, 76: spectaculum non enerve nec fluxum,Plin. Pan. 33, 1: fluxa atque aperta securitas,Gell. 4, 20, 8. Pregn., frail, weak, fleeting, transient, perishable: res nostrae ut in secundis fluxae, ut in adversis bonae,
,id. 28, 6, 11; Tac. H. 2, 75; 4, 23: studia inania et fluxa,id. A. 3, 50 fin.: fluxa senio mens,id. ib. 6, 38. Adv.: fluxē, remissly, negligently (post-class. and rare): more vitae remissioris fluxius agens,Amm. 18, 7.
Fluonia Flŭōnĭa (coll. forms, Flŭvĭōnĭa, Arn. 3, 30: Flŭvōnĭa, Mart. Cap. 2, § 149), ae, f.fluo, a surname of Juno, so called: quod eam sanguinis fluorem in conceptu retinere putabant, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. D. 7, 2 sq.; Arn. 3, 118; Paul. ex Fest. p. 92 Müll.
fluor flŭor, ōris, m.id., a flowing, flow (postAug.). In gen.: aqua natura res labilis et ad fluorem semper tam prona,Arn. 2, 84: maris,Sol. 18; cf. in plur.: fluores amnium,App. Flor. 348, 18: lactis fluores,Nemes. Cyneg. 227: intelligimus omnes ventos aëris esse fluorem,Arn. 6, 196: imagines jugi fluore a corporibus manantes,App. Mag. p. 283, 25. In medic. lang., a flux, diarrœa: fluore aeger,Cels. 3, 6 fin.: solutio et fluor stomachi,Scrib. Comp. 108.
flustra flustra, ōrum, n.id., the usual quiet state of the sea, a calm (ante- and postclass.): flustra, motus maris sine tempestate fluctuantis. Naevius in bello Poenico quod ait: honorariae honestae stabant in flustris, ut si diceret in salo,Suet. Fragm. p. 425 ed. Bip. (reprinted ap. Müll. Fest. pp. 89, 382); cf.: flustra dicuntur, cum in mari fluctus non moventur, quam Graeci μαλακίαν vocant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.: mare de nustris temperatum,Tert. de Pall. 2.
fluta flūta, ae, f.πλωτή, the floater, a sort of large muraena, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12; id. R. R. 2, 6, 2; Col. 8, 17, 8.
fluvius flŭvĭus (in inscrr. also written FLOVIOS), ii (gen. plur.: fluvium,Val. Fl. 6, 391; flūviōrum scanned as a trisyllable,Verg. G. 1, 482), m. (access. form fluvia, ae, f., Sisenn. ap. Non. 207, 7 sq.) [fluo], a river.Lit. (class.; but much less freq. than flumen; not in Caes., who employs flumen several hundred times): postquam consistit fluvius, Enn. ap. Fronto Ep. de Orat. p. 129 ed. Nieb. (Ann. v. 68 ed. Vahl.): rapidus,Plaut. Men. prol. 64; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 52: de fluvio aquam derivare,id. Truc. 2, 7, 12: apud Hypanim fluvium, qui ab Europae parte in Pontum influit,Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94: Eurotas,id. Inv. 2, 31, 96: Sagra,id. N. D. 2, 2, 6: Atratus,id. Div. 1, 43, 98: Taurus,Liv. 38, 15, 7 Drak. N. cr.: ultra Albim fluvium,Suet. Aug. 21: se fluvio dea condidit alto,Verg. A. 12, 886: fluvio succedit opaco,id. ib. 7, 36: fluvium vinclis innaret Cloelia ruptis,id. ib. 8, 651: fluvio cum forte secundo Deflueret,id. ib. 7, 494: nec fluvii strepunt hibernā nive turgidi, Hor. C. 4, 12, 3 al.; of the Styx,Verg. A. 6, 384; 415; cf. Lethaeus,id. ib. 6, 749. Prov.: quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86.Transf., in gen., like flumen, for running water, a stream (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): arbuta sufficere et fluvios praebere recentes,Verg. G. 3, 301; cf. id. ib. 3, 126: purgatura malum fluvio vivente soporem,Stat. Th. 9, 574: perfusa certo fluvio terra,Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 142.
fluxe fluxe, adv., v. fluo, P. a., B. fin.
fluxilis fluxĭlis, e, adj.fluxus, fr. fluo, fluid (post-class.): fusile et fluxile liquoris est qualitas,