flōrĕus, a, um, adj. [flos], of flowers, made of flowers (poet.).
- I. Lit.: corona, a wreath of flowers, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 68.
Plur., Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 15: serta, Tib. 1, 1, 12 (22 M.); 1, 2, 14.
- b. Full of flowers, flowery: rura, flowery meads, Verg. A. 1, 430: juga Hymetti, Val. Fl. 5, 344.
- II. Transf., shining, beautiful: crines, Pac. and Att. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 605: lanugo, Att. ib. (al. flora).