LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

flōrus1

flōrus (feminine flōra, neuter flōrum, comparative flōrior, superlative flōrissimus)
Classical[ˈfɫoː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈflɔː.rus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverareyellow, blond; flowering; shining, bright

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeflōrusflōraflōrum
genitiveflōrīflōraeflōrī
dativeflōrōflōraeflōrō
accusativeflōrumflōramflōrum
ablativeflōrōflōrāflōrō
vocativeflōreflōraflōrum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeflōrīflōraeflōra
genitiveflōrōrumflōrārumflōrōrum
dativeflōrīsflōrīsflōrīs
accusativeflōrōsflōrāsflōra
ablativeflōrīsflōrīsflōrīs
vocativeflōrīflōraeflōra

flōrus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. shining, bright (very rare): equus florā et comanti jubā, Gell. 3, 9, 3: crines, lanugo (al. florei and florea); v. floreus, II.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-. Related to Latin flāvus (“yellow, blond”) and Old High German blāo (“blue, dark, grey”) (from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz). Originally a colour adjective (as in Romanian), it was later reinterpreted as a derivation from flōs or flōreō.

Descendants
  • Romanianflor
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Flōrus2
Flōrus m sg (genitive Flōrī)
Classical[ˈfɫoː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈflɔː.rus]

Meaning

  1. Jūlius Flōrus (a celebrated orator of Gaul, a pupil of Portius Latrō)
  2. Flōrus (also Lūcius Annaeus, also Jūlius) (who compiled a brief history of Rome; he probably wrote in the time of Hadrian)
  3. Gessius Flōrus (procurator of Judaea in the reign of Nero)
  4. Jūlius Flōrus (a nobleman of the Treviri, a leader of revolt)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeFlōrus—
genitiveFlōrī—
dativeFlōrō—
accusativeFlōrum—
ablativeFlōrō—
vocativeFlōre—

Flōrus, i, m.,
I. a Roman surname. So esp.,
I. Julius Florus, a celebrated orator of Gaul, a pupil of Portius Latro, Quint. 10, 3, 13 Spald.; perh. the same to whom the three epistles of the 1st book and the two of the 2d book of the Epistles of Horace are addressed.—
II. Florus, called in some MSS. L. Annaeus, in others Julius, who compiled a brief history of Rome; he probably wrote in the time of Hadrian; v. Dict. of Biogr. 2, p. 176 sq.; Teuffel, Roem. Lit. p. 786 sq.—
III. Gessius Florus, procurator of Judaea in the reign of Nero, Tac. H. 5, 10.—
IV. Julius Florus, a nobleman of the Treviri, a leader of revolt, Tac. A. 3, 40 sqq.

Origins

From flōrus.

Quick answers

What does flōrus mean in Latin?
flōrus, a adjective, means “yellow, blond; flowering; shining, bright”.
How do you pronounce flōrus?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɫoː.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈflɔː.rus].