flourish (v.) Copy link Outline 1. To be prosperous1. flōreo, ui, 22. flōresco, 3 (to begin to f., to f. more and more)3. nĭteo, ui, 2 (to shine; be in good condition)4. vĭgeo, ui, 2 (to thrive, be vigorous and active)5. vĭreo, ui, 2 (late; and chiefly poet.)II. To make a displayIII. As chron. t. t.IV. Trans.V. To blow a trumpet • flourish (v.): 1. To be prosperous: 1. flōreo, ui, 2: in Greece musicians f.'d, in Graecia musici floruerunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4: Magna Graecia was at that time f.ing, Magna Graecia tunc florebat, Cic. Am. 4, 13: painting f.'d about the time of Philip, circa Philippum floruit pictura, Quint. 12, 10, 6. 2. flōresco, 3 (to begin to f., to f. more and more): this your justice and clemency shall f. more and more every day, haec tua justitia et lenitas animi florescet quotidie magis, Cic. Mar. 4, 12: as he (Hortensius) began to f., Crassus died, hoc florescente, Crassus mortuus est, Cic. Br. 88, extr. 3. nĭteo, ui, 2 (to shine; be in good condition): the f.ing grass, nitens herba, Ov.: Plin.: let the revenue f. during peace, vectigal in pace niteat, Cic. Rull. 7, 21: Hor. 4. vĭgeo, ui, 2 (to thrive, be vigorous and active): I am f.ing in mind; in estate impoverished, nos animo v., re familiari comminuti sumus, Cic. Att. 4, 3, fin.: Sparta was renowned, great Mycenae f.'d, clara fuit Sparte, magnae viguere Mycenae, Ov.: audacity, corruption, avarice, f.'d, audacia, largitio, avaritia, vigebant, Sall. Cat. 3, fin. 5. vĭreo, ui, 2 (late; and chiefly poet.): this is the second age of the Roman people, in which it f.'d most of all, haec est secunda aetas P. R., qua maxime viruit. Flor. 1, 22: the serpent f.s in his new skin, squama v. recenti serpens, Ov. Met. 9, 266. Hence to f. again, rĕvĭresco, 3: the house of Germanicus f.'d again, domus Germanici revirescebat, Tac. Ann. 4, 12: Curt. II. To make a display: ostento, jacto, 1: the man who is bragging and f.ing in this magnificent way, hic qui se jactat magnifice atque ostentat, Auct. Her. 21, 29: v. to boast, flaunt, show off. III. As chron. t. t.: flōreo, 2 (without classical authority in this sense: cf. supr. I.). But vīvo (to live) should be preferred in actual composition: he f.'d in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, vixit sub Augusto et Tiberio, Forcell. IV. Trans.: to move rapidly about: vībro, 1: v. to brandish. V. To blow a trumpet: căno, 3: v. to blow (II.), sound.
flourish (subs.) Copy link • flourish (subs.): esp. pl., of showy ornament in style: călămistri, orum (lit. curling-irons): every showy decoration shall be done away, not a f. shall be allowed, removebitur omnis insignis ornatus; ne calamistri quidem adhibebuntur, Cic. Or. 23, 78 (comp. Dial. de Orat. 26): you know my fine f.s, nosti illas ληκύθους (= ampullas), Cic. Att. 1, 14.
FLOURISH Copy link • FLOURISH 1. To be in a prosperous state, florere: florescere: vigere (to thrive): ☞ inclarescere is post-classical. At the time when the state was flourishing, florentissimis rebus. To be celebrated, gloria florere: esse in laude: gloria circumfluere: omnium sermone celebrari: in magno nomine et gloria esse: magna celebritate famae esse (stronger terms). In singing, numeros et modos et frequentamenta incinere (Gell., 1, 11): flectere vocem (Ov., Am., 2, 4, 25). To use florid language, flosculos congerere: floridiore dicendi genere uti: orationem ornare (or exornare) atque illuminare, etc.: orationem dicendi luminibus ornare. To play in circular movements, etc., rotari (e.g., ignis supra caput; ☞ quotation from Pope, in Johnson). 2. INTRANS., vibrare (bastam, tela, etc.). To flourish a sword, ensem rotare (Verg.). To ornament, *floribus ornare, distinguere (to ornament with flowers): acu pingere. 3. (a trumpet), inflare buccinam: classicum canere (if as a signal of alarm). 4. s. ornatus: ornamentum (ornament, inasmuch as it contributes to the beauty of anything; beautifying ornament): cultus (anything that is added to the external part for the sake of improving it): Ornamentum ineptum (a badly-managed or ill-conceived, tasteless ornament; of things in general): lenocinium (an awkward and tasteless or grotesque ornament, in speech and song, etc.). A flourish in singing, flexiones or flexus vocis (Vid: Ernesti, Lex. techn. Latin rhet., p. 173): to add or introduce a flourish in singing, numeros et modos et frequentamenta incinere (Gell., 1, 11): a flourish in speech, or in speaking, flosculi: dicendi, or orationis, or verborum lumina (any prominent or ornamental part); quasi verborum sententiarumque insignia: calamistra (affected flourishes or ornaments, Cic., Tac.; litterally, curling-irons).