floreus

floreus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s
Proto-Italic *flōs
Latin flōs
Latin -eus
Latin flōreus

    From flōs + -eus.

    Adjective

    flōreus (feminine flōrea, neuter flōreum, comparative magis flōreus, superlative maximē flōreus); first/second-declension adjective

    1. made of flowers
    2. flowery
    3. shining, beautiful

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative flōreus flōrea flōreum flōreī flōreae flōrea
    genitive flōreī flōreae flōreī flōreōrum flōreārum flōreōrum
    dative flōreō flōreae flōreō flōreīs
    accusative flōreum flōream flōreum flōreōs flōreās flōrea
    ablative flōreō flōreā flōreō flōreīs
    vocative flōree flōrea flōreum flōreī flōreae flōrea

    Descendants

    • → Italian: floreo, florio
    • ⇒ French: floréal (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • floreus in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968

    Further reading

    • “floreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “floreus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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