rosa

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

rosa ae, f

cf. ῥόδον, a rose : Neu desint epulis rosae, H.: plena rosarum Atria, O.: cum rosam viderat, i. e. the latest of the spring flowers.—Sing. collect., roses, wreaths of roses : sertis redimiri iubebis et rosā?: an tu me in violā putabas aut in rosā dicere? among roses : multā in rosā, H.: pulvinus perlucidus rosā fartus.— The rose-bush, rose-tree : nimium brevīs Flores ferre iube rosae, H.: Cum flore rosarum, H.