florilegium

Meaning

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

Synonyms

garland

miscellany

anthology

Translations

florilegio

florilégio

Florileg

Florilegium

ανθολογία

florilège

collana

bloemlezing

antologia

coroadeflores

miscel·lània

florilegio

Anthologie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/

Etymology

Cognate with English: 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.