floruit

American  

[floh-roo-it, flawr-yoo-it, flohr-, flor-] / ˈfloʊ ru ɪt, ˈflɔr yu ɪt, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɒr- /

noun

Latin.

1. he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. fl., flor.

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floruit British  

/ ˈflɒruːɪt /

verb

1. Abbreviation: fl..   flor..  (he or she) flourished: used to indicate the period when a historical figure, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was most active

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Example Sentences

Once at least he seems to have confused the date of an author’s floruit and that of his death, making Plautus die in B.C.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Buddhism's floruit is from 500 B.C. to 500 A.D., and epic Hinduism covers nearly the same centuries.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn

Apelles, the greatest of Greek painters, floruit circa 332 b.c.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

Emporiis illis Pomerani� clarissimis Wineta et Julin pessum euntibus, Visbya inter omnia Regionum oppida floruit.

From Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 by Various

Jam inde non belli gloria quam humanitatis cultu inter florentissimas orbis Christiani gentes imprimis floruit.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert