florilegium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilēgium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”) (compare English anthology), so called because flowers were used as symbols of the finer sensibility of literature. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/ === Noun === florilegium (plural florilegia or florilegiums) A collection of flowers. An anthology, particularly of excerpts from larger works. (Christianity) A patristic anthology. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “florilegium”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == Latin == === Etymology === Calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”). By surface analysis, flōrilegus (“flower-gathering”, adjective) +‎ -ium (nominalizing suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɫoː.rɪˈɫɛ.ɡi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [flo.riˈlɛː.d͡ʒi.um] === Noun === flōrilegium n (genitive flōrilegiī or flōrilegī); second declension (Renaissance Latin) anthology ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== → English: florilegium → French: florilège → Italian: florilegio → Spanish: florilegio