florilegium

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

miscel·lània

Sinònims

garland

miscellany

anthology

Traduccions

florilegio

florilégio

Florilegium

ανθολογία

florilège

collana

bloemlezing

antologia

coroadeflores

Anthologie

florilegio

Florileg

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb anglès: anthology

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.