florilegium

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. A collection of flowers.
  2. An anthology, particularly of excerpts from larger works.
  3. A patristic anthology.

Vertalings

florilégio

Florileg

Florilegium

ανθολογία

coroadeflores

miscel·lània

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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.

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