florilegium

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

florilège

Synonymes

garland

miscellany

anthology

Traductions

florilegio

florilégio

Florileg

Florilegium

ανθολογία

collana

bloemlezing

antologia

coroadeflores

miscel·lània

florilegio

Anthologie

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à anglais: 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.