floruit

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

/ ˈflɒruːɪt /

(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.

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

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

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

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

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

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