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|lshtext=<b>rŏsa</b>: ae, f. kindr. [[with]] [[ῥόδον]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[rose]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Varr R. R. 1, 35, 1; Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14: Paestanae rosae, Mart. 4, 42, 10: [[cape]] rosas, id. 2, 59, 3; [[sacred]] to [[Venus]], Aus. Idyll. 14; cf. id. ib. 6, 76 and 92; blooms [[latest]] of the [[spring]] flowers, Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 64.—Hence, [[sera]], Hor. C. 1, 38, 3; cf. [[Cicero]]'s [[reproach]]: cum rosam viderat, tum incipere ver arbitrabatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27.—Used on [[festive]] and [[solemn]] occasions for wreaths, for strewing in the [[way]] or [[upon]] graves, at feasts, etc., Lucr. 2, 627; Hor. C. 1, 36, 15; 2, 11, 14; 3, 19, 22; 29, 3; Prop. 1, 17, 22; 3, 5 (4, 4), 22; 4 (5), 8, 40; Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236; Sen. Hippol. 769; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 34; Tac. H. 2, 70 et saep.; cf. Becker, Gall. 3, p. 32 (2d [[edit]].): plena rosarum Atria. Ov. M. 2, 113.— Prov.: [[inter]] [[vepres]] rosae nascuntur, Amm. 16, 7, 4. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Collect., for roses, wreaths of roses ([[only]] so in [[class]]. [[prose]]): sertis redimiri jubebis et rosā? Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: an tu me in violā putabas aut in rosā dicere? on, [[among]] roses, id. ib. 5, 26, 73: in rosā potare, id. Fin. 2, 20, 65: jacere, Sen. Ep. 36, 9: vivere, Mart. 8, 77, 2; cf.: multā in rosā, Hor. C. 1, 5, 1: [[pulvinus]] perlucidus rosā [[fartus]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> As a [[word]] of endearment, in [[Plautus]]: mea [[rosa]], my [[rose]], my rosebud, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 74; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 50; or [[simply]] [[rosa]], id. Men. 1, 3, 9: tu mihi [[rosa]] es, id. Curc. 1, 2, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Oil of roses, Cels. 8, 3; 4; 6, 18, 8. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[season]] or [[month]] of roses, Inscr. Grut. 753, 4; cf. [[rosales]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> The [[rose]]-[[bush]], [[rose]]-[[tree]]: [[nimium]] breves Flores amoenae ferre jube rosae, Hor. C. 2, 3, 14: [[radix]] [[silvestris]] rosae, Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 152.—Plur.: flores rosarum, Lucr. 2, 627; cf. Hor. C. 3, 29, 3: terram ad rosarum et vineae [[satum]] vertere, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236.
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|gf=<b>rŏsa</b>,¹⁰ æ, f. ([[ῥόδον]]),<br /><b>1</b> rose [fleur] : [[Varro]] R. 1, 35, 1 ; Plin. 21, 14, etc. &#124;&#124; [sens collect.] = les roses : in [[rosa]] Cic. Tusc. 5, 73 ; Fin. 2, 65, parmi les roses ; [[pulvinus]] [[rosa]] [[fartus]] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, coussin rempli de roses<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> [terme de caresse] : Pl. Bacch. 83 ; Curc. 100, etc. ; <b> b)</b> huile rosat : Cels. Med. 6, 18, 8<br /><b>3</b> rosier : Hor. O. 2, 3, 14 ; Plin. 8, 152 ; pl., Lucr. 2, 627 ; Hor. O. 3, 29, 3 ; Plin. 18, 236.|
|[sens collect.]=les roses : in [[rosa]] Cic. Tusc. 5, 73 ; Fin. 2, 65, parmi les roses ; [[pulvinus]] [[rosa]] [[fartus]] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, coussin rempli de roses<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> [terme de caresse] : Pl. Bacch. 83 ; Curc. 100, etc. ; <b> b)</b> huile rosat : Cels. Med. 6, 18, 8<br /><b>3</b> rosier : Hor. O. 2, 3, 14 ; Plin. 8, 152 ; pl., Lucr. 2, 627 ; Hor. O. 3, 29, 3 ; Plin. 18, 236.
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