"flos" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /floːs/ [Classical-Latin], [fɫ̪oːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /flos/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [flɔs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-}}, {{der|la|itc-pro|*flōs}} Proto-Italic *flōs, {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-s||flower, blossom}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (“flower, blossom”), {{cog|grc|φύλλον}} Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), {{cog|got|𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰}} Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma), {{cog|ang|blōstm}} Old English blōstm, {{cog|en|blossom}} English blossom Head templates: {{la-noun|flōs/flōr<3>|g=m}} flōs m (genitive flōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|flōs/flōr<3>}} Forms: flōs [canonical, masculine], flōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], flōs [nominative, singular], flōrēs [nominative, plural], flōris [genitive, singular], flōrum [genitive, plural], flōrī [dative, singular], flōribus [dative, plural], flōrem [accusative, singular], flōrēs [accusative, plural], flōre [ablative, singular], flōribus [ablative, plural], flōs [singular, vocative], flōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. flower, blossom Tags: declension-3 Categories (lifeform): Flowers
    Sense id: en-flos-la-noun-q0JwuZu5 Disambiguation of Flowers: 44 4 19 34 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 29 18 25 29
  2. (figuratively) the best kind or part of something Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-flos-la-noun-ydG56Win Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 29 18 25 29
  3. (figuratively) the prime; best state of things Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-flos-la-noun-m1K3MRWO Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 29 18 25 29
  4. (figuratively) an ornament or embellishment Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-flos-la-noun-AZ03m3W3 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 27 8 21 44 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 29 18 25 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 9 21 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 9 21 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flōreō, flōrētum, flōreus, flōricolor, flōricomus, *flōriculus [Latin, vulgar], flōrifer, flōrigenus, flōriger, flōriparus, flōrisapus, flōrōsus, flōrulentus, flōrus, flōscula, flōsculus Related terms: Flōra, flōrālia, flōrēns, flōrenter, flōrentēs, flōrēscens, flōrēscō, Flōrida, flōridē, flōridulus, flōridus, flōritiō, Flōrus, flōscellus, flōsculē
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
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      "word": "flōscula"
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      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
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      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "fiore"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
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    {
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          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "sciô"
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: sciô"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "fiuur",
            "3": "fiùu"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: fiuur, fiùu"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
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      "text": "Piedmontese: fior"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "fiôr",
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          },
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      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: fiôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "fur",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Friulian: flôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "fiùr"
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          "expansion": "Istriot: fiùr",
          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Romansch: flur"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "vec",
            "2": "fior"
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          "expansion": "Venetian: fior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: fior"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "fiaur",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
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          "expansion": "→? Dalmatian: fiaur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Dalmatian: fiaur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          "expansion": "Catalan: flor",
          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
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          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: fllor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: fllor"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "hlor",
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            "4": "eslor"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: hlor, ehlor, eslor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: hlor, ehlor, eslor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: flor (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: flor\nOccitan: flor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: flor\nOccitan: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ext",
            "2": "frol"
          },
          "expansion": "Extremaduran: frol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Extremaduran: frol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "frol",
            "3": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: frol, flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: frol, flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: flor\nGalician: flor\nPortuguese: flor",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: flor\nGalician: flor\nPortuguese: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: flor\n→ English: flor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: flor\n→ English: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: floro\n→ Ido: floro",
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      "text": "→ Esperanto: floro\n→ Ido: floro"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: flor"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "flor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: flor"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Flos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Flos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Flos"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vo",
            "2": "flor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Volapük: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Volapük: flor"
    }
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "flōrī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "flōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "flōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Flōra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōrālia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōrēns"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōrenter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōrentēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōrēscens"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōrēscō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Flōrida"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōridē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōridulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōridus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōritiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Flōrus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōscellus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flōsculē"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 4 19 34",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Flowers",
          "orig": "la:Flowers",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Bring flowers for the goddess; this goddess takes pleasure in flowering plants.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.253–254",
          "text": "ferte deae flōrēs: gaudet flōrentibus herbīs haec dea"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flower, blossom"
      ],
      "id": "en-flos-la-noun-q0JwuZu5",
      "links": [
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "blossom",
          "blossom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the best kind or part of something"
      ],
      "id": "en-flos-la-noun-ydG56Win",
      "links": [
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) the best kind or part of something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the prime; best state of things"
      ],
      "id": "en-flos-la-noun-m1K3MRWO",
      "links": [
        [
          "prime",
          "prime"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) the prime; best state of things"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 8 21 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 9 21 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 9 21 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an ornament or embellishment"
      ],
      "id": "en-flos-la-noun-AZ03m3W3",
      "links": [
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "embellishment",
          "embellishment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) an ornament or embellishment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/floːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɫ̪oːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/flos/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[flɔs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flos"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰleh₃-",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Flowers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "flōreō"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrētum"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōreus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōricolor"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōricomus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "*flōriculus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrigenus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōriger"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōriparus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrisapus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrulentus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōscula"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōsculus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "floari"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: floari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: floari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "floari"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: floari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: floari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "floare"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: floare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: floare"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "fiore"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: fiore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: fiore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fiore"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: fiore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: fiore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "sciore"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: sciore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: sciore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "ciuri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: ciuri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: ciuri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "sciô"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: sciô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: sciô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "fiuur",
            "3": "fiùu"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: fiuur, fiùu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: fiuur, fiùu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "fior"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: fior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: fior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "fiôr",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: fiôr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: fiôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "flôr"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: flôr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: flôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "fiùr"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: fiùr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: fiùr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "flur",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: flur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: flur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "fior"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: fior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: fior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "fiaur",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Dalmatian: fiaur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Dalmatian: fiaur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "fllor"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: fllor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: fllor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "hlor",
            "3": "ehlor",
            "4": "eslor"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: hlor, ehlor, eslor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: hlor, ehlor, eslor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: flor (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: flor\nOccitan: flor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: flor\nOccitan: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ext",
            "2": "frol"
          },
          "expansion": "Extremaduran: frol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Extremaduran: frol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "frol",
            "3": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: frol, flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: frol, flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: flor\nGalician: flor\nPortuguese: flor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: flor\nGalician: flor\nPortuguese: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "flor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: flor\n→ English: flor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: flor\n→ English: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "floro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: floro\n→ Ido: floro",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: floro\n→ Ido: floro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "flor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "flor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: flor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Flos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Flos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Flos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vo",
            "2": "flor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Volapük: flor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Volapük: flor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*flōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *flōs",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleh₃-s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "flower, blossom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (“flower, blossom”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φύλλον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "blōstm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English blōstm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blossom"
      },
      "expansion": "English blossom",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
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    {
      "form": "flōs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "flōs/flōr<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "flōs m (genitive flōris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "flōs/flōr<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Flōra"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrālia"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrēns"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrenter"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrentēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrēscens"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōrēscō"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flōrida"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōridē"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōridulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōridus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōritiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flōrus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōscellus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flōsculē"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Bring flowers for the goddess; this goddess takes pleasure in flowering plants.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.253–254",
          "text": "ferte deae flōrēs: gaudet flōrentibus herbīs haec dea"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flower, blossom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "blossom",
          "blossom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the best kind or part of something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) the best kind or part of something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the prime; best state of things"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prime",
          "prime"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) the prime; best state of things"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an ornament or embellishment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "embellishment",
          "embellishment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) an ornament or embellishment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/floːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɫ̪oːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/flos/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[flɔs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flos"
}

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