florilegium

Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilēgium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”) (compare English anthology), so called because flowers were used as symbols of the finer sensibility of literature.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/

Noun

florilegium (plural florilegia)

1. A collection of flowers
2. A patristic anthology

References

• “florilegium” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”). Surface analysis: flōrilegus (“flower-gathering”, adjective) +‎ -ium (nominalizing suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /floː.riˈle.ɡi.um/, [fɫoː.rɪˈɫɛ.ɡi.ũ]

Noun

flōrilegium n (genitive flōrilegiī); second declension

1. (Renaissance Latin) anthology