floruit

== English == === Alternative forms === fl., flor. (abbreviation) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”), from flōreō (“bloom, flourish”), from flōs (“flower”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈflɔɹ(j)uɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflɔːɹʊɪt/, /ˈflɒɹʊɪt/ === Verb === floruit (defective, rare except abbreviated) lived, used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive, when dates of birth and/or death are not known. ==== Usage notes ==== Almost always used abbreviated as fl. In translated Latin sources, the term implies the time period during the person's heyday or most productive years of life, rather than lifespan itself. The term is borrowed from Latin and no other conjugation is used in English. === Noun === floruit (plural floruits) The time period during which a person, group, culture, etc. is at its peak. Synonym: flowering ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Verb === flōruit third-person singular perfect active indicative of flōreō ([he, she or it] flourished) (in post-Classical texts) was productive around the time of