flos

== Latin == === Etymology === A root noun interpreted as an s-stem noun, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). Cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma) and Old English blōstm, blæd (“leaf”) (English blossom, blade). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɫoːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈflɔs] === Noun === flōs m (genitive flōris); third declension flower, blossom (figuratively) the best kind or part of something (figuratively) the prime; best state of things (figuratively) an ornament or embellishment ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “flos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “flos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "flos", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “flos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Swedish == === Alternative forms === floss flous flouse === Etymology === From Arabic فلوس (fulūs, “money”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fluːs/ === Noun === flos ? (slang) money === References === Slangopedia