I.v. n., to drop its blossoms; to fade, wither.
I. Lit.: “omne frumentum ... deflorescit,” Col. 2, 11 fin.; so in praes., id. 2, 10, 19; Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 286: “cum (faba) defloruit, exiguas (aquas) desiderat,” id. 18, 12, 30, § 120; so in the perf., Catull. 62, 43.—
II. Trop., to fade, decay, decline: “cum corporibus vigere et deflorescere animos,” Liv. 29, 4; cf.: “cum senecta res quoque defloruere,” id. 38, 53 fin.: “non talis, qualem tu eum jam deflorescentem cognovisti,” Cic. Brut. 92: “deliciae mature et celeriter deflorescunt,” id. Cael. 19.
