noun

floscŭlus

gen. floscŭli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(collat. form, , , , Fulg. Serm. 6), dim. flos

a little flower; floweret

a little flower, floweret (rare but class.).

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Lit.: ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43.—

the part of a fruit where the blossom was; the eye by extension

Transf., the part of a fruit where the blossom was, the eye, Col. 12, 45, 5.—

the flower; pride; ornament figuratively •

Trop., the flower, pride, ornament: non enim flosculos ... sed, jam decimum aetatis ingressus annum, certos atque deformatos fructus ostenderat, Quint. 6 praef. § 9; Cat. 24, 1: vitae, i. e. youth, Juv. 9, 127.—

In partic., of speech.

Flower of rhetoric; ornament •

Flower of rhetoric, ornament: omnes undique flosculos carpere atque delibare, Cic. Sest. 56, 119; cf.: juvenibus flosculos omnium partium in ea, quae sunt dicturi, congerentibus, Quint. 10, 5, 23; 2, 5, 22; 12, 10, 73: ut Noctes istae quadam tenus his quoque historiae flosculis leviter injectis aspergerentur, Gell. 17, 2, 1.—

A motto; sentence

A motto, sentence culled from a writing, Sen. Ep. 33, 1.

Perseus ID: n18411 Key: flosculus