floreo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === flōriō (Late Latin) === Etymology === From flōr- (“flower”) +‎ -eō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɫoː.re.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈflɔː.re.o] === Verb === flōreō (present infinitive flōrēre, perfect active flōruī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem to bloom, blossom, flower to flourish; prosper, abound with; be filled with Synonyms: niteō, abundō, affluō, supersum, superfluō Antonyms: careō, egeō, dēsum, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō to be colorful, bright (of wine) to froth ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== (See also flōrēscō, flōriō) ⇒? Dalmatian: inflorer ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *flōridiāre Catalan: florejar Italian: fioreggiare Portuguese: florear Spanish: florear === Adjective === flōreō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of flōreus === References === “floreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “floreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “floreo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /floˈɾeo/ [floˈɾe.o] Rhymes: -eo Syllabification: flo‧re‧o === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from florear. ==== Noun ==== floreo m (plural floreos) (fencing) flourish (music) flourish small talk === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== floreo first-person singular present indicative of florear === Further reading === “floreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “floreo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010