florilegium

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Έννοιες

ανθολογία

Μεταφράσεις

florilégio

Florileg

Florilegium

coroadeflores

miscel·lània

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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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