POLYANTHEA, a collection of common-places arranged in alphabetical order, for the use of orators, preachers, and others. The word is formed from the Greek πολύς, much, and ἄνθος, flower, and has much the same meaning with anthology or florilege. The first author of the Polyanthea was Dominic Nanni di Mirabella, whose labour has been improved on by Amantius and Torsius; and since their time by Langius, under the title of Polyanthea Nova, 1613.