florilegus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived 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
[edit]flōrilegus (feminine flōrilega, neuter flōrilegum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational, of bees) flower-gathering
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | flōrilegus | flōrilega | flōrilegum | flōrilegī | flōrilegae | flōrilega | |
| genitive | flōrilegī | flōrilegae | flōrilegī | flōrilegōrum | flōrilegārum | flōrilegōrum | |
| dative | flōrilegō | flōrilegae | 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.