florebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →floreo, florere, florui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
flourish, blossom, be prosperous; be in one's prime;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...divisa colebatur discretaque tellus, tum mare velivolis florebat navibus ponti, auxilia ac socios iam pacto foedere habebant, carminibus..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...contra, Thracum fatalia nobis litora, et inde nefas. florebat diues alumnis terra, nec illa Samo fama Deloue sonanti..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...stagno Tyrios imitata colores in spem bacarum florebat aquatica lotos. carpserat hinc Dryope, quos oblectamina nato porrigeret, flores..."