ῥόδον

English (LSJ)

τό, metaplast. dat. pl. ῥοδέεσσι v.l. in A.R.3.1020:—

   A rose, first in h.Cer.6, cf. Thgn.537, Pi.I.4(3).18(36), Hdt.8.138, IG12.289; Aeol. βρόδον (q.v.); mostly of Rosa gallica, red rose, Thphr.HP6.6.4, etc.; ῥ. ἑκατοντάφυλλον, Rosa centifolia, cabbage rose, ibid.; ῥ. ἄγριον, Rosa dumetorum, wild rose, ib.6.2.1: metaph., ῥόδα μ' εἴρηκας you've spoken roses of me, have said all things sweet and beautiful, Ar.Nu.910; πάττε πολλοῖς τοῖς ῥόδοις ib.1330: prov., ὗς διὰ ῥόδων 'a bull in a china shop', Crates Com.4.    2 = ῥοδωνιά, Coluth.348.    II Ῥόδα, τά,= ῥοδισμός, Rev.Hist.Rel.97.275 (Bulgaria).    III pudenda muliebria, Pherecr.108.29.