bloom (subs.) Copy link Outline I. BlossomII. The kind of dew which covers certain fruits (?) flos, flōris, m., quasi ros (quidam) subtilis baccis quibusdam inhaerens. Phr.III. A period of health and vigour, flōs • bloom (subs.): I. Blossom: q. v. II. The kind of dew which covers certain fruits (?) flos, flōris, m., quasi ros (quidam) subtilis baccis quibusdam inhaerens. Phr.: to take the b. off anything, dēlībo, 1: to take off the b. of a maiden's innocence even by a look, de virginitatis integritate d., Flor.: Cic. III. A period of health and vigour, flōs: the b. of life, f. aetatis, Lucr.: a girl in her freshest b., viridissimo f. puella, Cat.: the young man died in his first b., in f. primo juvenis extinctus est, Plin. Phr.: the rosy b. of youth, lumen juventae purpureum, Virg.