floruit

American

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

noun

Latin.

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 British

/ ˈflɒruːɪt /

verb

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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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

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

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

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