florio

Latin

Etymology

Reassignment of Classical flōreō to the fourth conjugation. Attested in the sixth century CE.^[1]

Verb

flōriō (present infinitive flōrīre, perfect active flōrīvī or flōriī, supine flōrītum); fourth conjugation (Late Latin)

1. Alternative form of flōreō (“to flourish, to bloom”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flōriō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flōriō	flōrīs	flōrit	flōrīmus	flōrītis	flōriunt
	imperfect	flōriēbam	flōriēbās	flōriēbat	flōriēbāmus	flōriēbātis	flōriēbant
	future	flōriam	flōriēs	flōriet	flōriēmus	flōriētis	flōrient
	perfect	flōrīvī, flōriī	flōrīvistī, flōriistī	flōrīvit, flōriit	flōrīvimus, flōriimus	flōrīvistis, flōriistis	flōrīvērunt, flōrīvēre, flōriērunt, flōriēre
	pluperfect	flōrīveram, flōrieram	flōrīverās, flōrierās	flōrīverat, flōrierat	flōrīverāmus, flōrierāmus	flōrīverātis, flōrierātis	flōrīverant, flōrierant
	future perfect	flōrīverō, flōrierō	flōrīveris, flōrieris	flōrīverit, flōrierit	flōrīverimus, flōrierimus	flōrīveritis, flōrieritis	flōrīverint, flōrierint
passive	present	flōrior	flōrīris, flōrīre	flōrītur	flōrīmur	flōrīminī	flōriuntur
	imperfect	flōriēbar	flōriēbāris, flōriēbāre	flōriēbātur	flōriēbāmur	flōriēbāminī	flōriēbantur
	future	flōriar	flōriēris, flōriēre	flōriētur	flōriēmur	flōriēminī	flōrientur
	perfect	flōrītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	flōrītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	flōrītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flōriam	flōriās	flōriat	flōriāmus	flōriātis	flōriant
	imperfect	flōrīrem	flōrīrēs	flōrīret	flōrīrēmus	flōrīrētis	flōrīrent
	perfect	flōrīverim, flōrierim	flōrīverīs, flōrierīs	flōrīverit, flōrierit	flōrīverīmus, flōrierīmus	flōrīverītis, flōrierītis	flōrīverint, flōrierint
	pluperfect	flōrīvissem, flōriissem	flōrīvissēs, flōriissēs	flōrīvisset, flōriisset	flōrīvissēmus, flōriissēmus	flōrīvissētis, flōriissētis	flōrīvissent, flōriissent
passive	present	flōriar	flōriāris, flōriāre	flōriātur	flōriāmur	flōriāminī	flōriantur
	imperfect	flōrīrer	flōrīrēris, flōrīrēre	flōrīrētur	flōrīrēmur	flōrīrēminī	flōrīrentur
	perfect	flōrītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	flōrītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flōrī	—	—	flōrīte	—
	future	—	flōrītō	flōrītō	—	flōrītōte	flōriuntō
passive	present	—	flōrīre	—	—	flōrīminī	—
	future	—	flōrītor	flōrītor	—	—	flōriuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flōrīre	flōrīvisse, flōriisse	flōrītūrum esse	flōrīrī	flōrītum esse	flōrītum īrī
participles		flōriēns	—	flōrītūrus	—	flōrītus	flōriendus, flōriundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flōriendī	flōriendō	flōriendum	flōriendō	flōrītum	flōrītū

Descendants

• Balkan Romance: (prefixed with in-)
  • Aromanian: nfluriri
  • Romanian: înflori
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: fiurì
  • Italian: fiorire
  • Sicilian: ciuriri
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: florire
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian: fiorî
    • Lombard: fiorì
    • Piedmontese: fiorì
  • Friulian: florî
  • Istriot: infiurì (prefixed with in-)
  • Ladin: florir
  • Romansch: flurir
  • Venetian: fiorir
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: florir
  • Old French: florir (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: florir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: florir, fllorir (Ribagorçan)
  • Galician: chorir, churir
  • >? Portuguese: florir
  • >? Old Spanish: florir

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1262: “fiorire” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “florēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 629