floresco

floresco

See also: floresço

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s

Proto-Italic *flōs

Latin flōr-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *-ēō

Latin -eō

Latin flōreō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin flōrēscō

From flōreō (“to bloom/flower”) + -scō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɫoːˈreːs.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [floˈrɛs.ko]
Hyphenation: flō‧rēs‧cō

Verb

flōrēscō (present infinitive flōrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

to flower (begin to blossom)
to begin to prosper or flourish

Conjugation

A future passive participle occurs once in the phrase rēbus flōrēscendīs praeesse from the Fasti Praenestini (Praenestine Calendar).

Conjugation of flōrēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	flōrēscō		flōrēscis		flōrēscit		flōrēscimus		flōrēscitis		flōrēscunt
	imperfect	flōrēscēbam		flōrēscēbās		flōrēscēbat		flōrēscēbāmus		flōrēscēbātis		flōrēscēbant
	future	flōrēscam		flōrēscēs		flōrēscet		flōrēscēmus		flōrēscētis		flōrēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	flōrēscam		flōrēscās		flōrēscat		flōrēscāmus		flōrēscātis		flōrēscant
active	imperfect	flōrēscerem		flōrēscerēs		flōrēsceret		flōrēscerēmus		flōrēscerētis		flōrēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		flōrēsce		—		—		flōrēscite		—
active	future	—		flōrēscitō		flōrēscitō		—		flōrēscitōte		flōrēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		flōrēscere			—			flōrēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		flōrēscendī		flōrēscendō		flōrēscendum		flōrēscendō		—		—

Derived terms

flōrēscens

Descendants

Asturian: florecer
Galician: florecer
Portuguese: chorecer, → florescer
Spanish: florecer

References

“floresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“floresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“floresco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /floˈɾesko/ [floˈɾes.ko]
Rhymes: -esko
Syllabification: flo‧res‧co

Verb

floresco

first-person singular present indicative of florescer