flosculus, flosculi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
little flower, floweret; the best of anything, the "flower";
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | flosculus | flosculi |
| Gen. | flosculi | flosculorum |
| Dat. | flosculo | flosculis |
| Acc. | flosculum | flosculos |
| Voc. | floscule | flosculi |
| Abl. | flosculo | flosculis |
Examples
Satura IX
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...temporis et spes deceptas? festinat enim decurrere uelox flosculus angustae miseraeque breuissima uitae portio; dum bibimus, dum serta..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...beatus. XXIV. ad Iuventium O qui flosculus es Iuventiorum, non horum modo, sed quot aut fuerunt aut posthac..."