floruit

American  

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

He is thought to have been a philosopher, but if so, he was anything but a talented one; most scholars place his floruit under the Antonines.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

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

From Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. by Standish O'Grady

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 George Middleton

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

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

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 Edward Washburn Hopkins

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