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

Si arbusculam, quæ in ollâ antea posita, quotannis floruit et fructus protulit, deinde deponamus in uberiori terra calidi caldarii, proferet illa per plures annos multos ac frondosos ramos, sine ullo fructu.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Pene haec millenos ecclesia floruit annos, Duret ad extremum nobilis usque diem, Daque deus longum, ut floreat hae sacra aedes Et celebret nomen plebs ibi sancta tuum.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.

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 Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

His floruit is given as 310 b. c.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

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

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert