‖ floruit
(ˈflɔərjʊɪt)
[L., 3rd sing. perf. indic. of flōrēre to flourish. Cf. habitat.]
Occasionally used for: The period during which a person ‘flourished’.
| 1843 Liddell & Scott Greek-Eng. Lex. Pref., The date of each Author's ‘floruit’ is added in the margin. 1882 Saintsbury Hist. Fr. Lit. Pref. 9 The Index will..be found to contain the date of the birth and death, or, if these be not obtainable, the floruit of every deceased author of any importance. 1890 H. W. Watkins Bampton Lect. ii. 100 Professor de Groot puts his life at a.d. 65–135, and his floruit in the reign of Trajan. |