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.
bloom (v.) Copy link Outline 1. flōrĕo, 22. flōresco, 3 (to begin to b.) • bloom (v.): 1. flōrĕo, 2: this tree b.s thrice, haec arbor ter f., Cic.: Virg.: Hor. 2. flōresco, 3 (to begin to b.): shrubs begin to b. at a fixed period, f. tempore certo arbusta, Lucr.: Cic. (For the fig. signification, v. to flourish.)
BLOOM Copy link • BLOOM 1. flos. To be in bloom, florere. FIG., to be in the bloom of life, in flore aetatis esse, aetate florere: yet, integra esse aetate. 2. v. (be in bloom) florere (PROP. and figuratively), vigere (figuratively): florem mittere, expellere (put forth blossoms). To begin to bloom, florescere (PROP. and figuratively).