floruit

[ floh-roo-it; English flawr-yoo-it, flohr-, flor- ]

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.

floruit

/ ˈflɒruːɪt /

verb

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

Example Sentences

E Sicilia reversus Romam in causis dicendis ita floruit, ut inter omnes causarum patronos et esset et haberetur princeps.

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The dates which they indicate for the 'floruit' of these persons are in no case earlier than the middle of the tenth century.

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When the floruit of a god has expired, he is assigned a tomb in one of the great tumuli.

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Afranius, the most famous writer of purely Roman comedy (fabulae togatae), floruit circa 110 b.c.

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

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