floresco

See also: floresço

Latin

Etymology

From flōreō (“I bloom, flower”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /floːˈreːs.koː/, [fɫ̪oːˈreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /floˈres.ko/, [floˈrɛsko]

Verb

flōrēscō (present infinitive flōrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. I flower (begin to blossom)
2. I begin to prosper or flourish

Conjugation

• A future passive participle occurs once in the phrase rēbus flōrēscendīs praeesse from the Fasti Praenestini.

Conjugation of flōrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flōrēscō	flōrēscis	flōrēscit	flōrēscimus	flōrēscitis	flōrēscunt
	imperfect	flōrēscēbam	flōrēscēbās	flōrēscēbat	flōrēscēbāmus	flōrēscēbātis	flōrēscēbant
	future	flōrēscam	flōrēscēs	flōrēscet	flōrēscēmus	flōrēscētis	flōrēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flōrēscam	flōrēscās	flōrēscat	flōrēscāmus	flōrēscātis	flōrēscant
	imperfect	flōrēscerem	flōrēscerēs	flōrēsceret	flōrēscerēmus	flōrēscerētis	flōrēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flōrēsce	—	—	flōrēscite	—
	future	—	flōrēscitō	flōrēscitō	—	flōrēscitōte	flōrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flōrēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		flōrēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flōrēscendī	flōrēscendō	flōrēscendum	flōrēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• flōrēscens

Descendants

• Aromanian: nflurescu, nflurire
• Asturian: florecer
• Catalan: florir
• Corsican: fiurì
• Dalmatian: inflorer
• English: flourish
• French: fleurir
• Friulian: florî
• Galician: florecer
• Italian: fiorire

• Norman: flieuthi
• Occitan: florir
• Piedmontese: fiorì
• Portuguese: chorecer, → florescer
• Romanian: înflori
• Romansch: flurir, flureir
• Sicilian: ciuriri
• Spanish: florecer
• Venetan: fiorir
• Walloon: flori

References

• “floresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “floresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• floresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.