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ef-flōresco , rui, 3,
I.v. inch. n., to bloom or blossom.
I. Lit. (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Sirach, 51, 19; id. Isa. 18, 5.—
II. Trop. (repeatedly in Cic.), to bloom, spring up, flourish (in youth, beauty, etc.): “ex rerum cognitione efflorescat et redundet oportet oratio,” Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20; cf.: “utilitas ex amicitia,” id. Lael. 27; so id. Rep. 1, 29: “amor,” id. Fin. 1, 20, 69: “si quidem efflorescit ingenii laudibus,” Cic. Cael. 31, 76.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 18.5
    • Cicero, For Marcus Caelius, 31.76
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.6
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.29
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.20
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 27
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