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1. rŏsĕus, a, um, adj. [rosa].
- I. Of roses, rose- (rare, for rosaceus): strophium, Verg. Cop. 32: vinculum, Sen. Med. 70: flores, i. e. roses, Claud. de Magnete, 29: convalles, filled with roses, id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 85.
- II. Rose-colored, rosy (freq., esp. in the Aug. poets): pannus, Plin. 21, 23, 94, § 166 (Jahn, russeus); 29, 4, 17, § 64 (Jahn, russeus); 30, 11, 30, § 99 (Jahn, russeus): nitor quidam in purpurā, id. 37, 9, 40, § 123; cf. color (with purpureus), id. 14, 1, 3, § 15: flos herbae, id. 25, 6, 26, § 62: roseā sol alte lampade lucens, Lucr. 5, 610; cf. id. 5, 976; so, Phoebus, Verg. A. 11, 913: Aurora, Lucr. 5, 656; also, dea, Ov. A. A. 3, 84; cf. of the same, os, id. M. 7, 705: equi, Tib. 1, 3, 94; Ov. F. 4, 714: bigae, Verg. A. 7, 26: Eous, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 7; cf.: alae (Luciferi), Val. Fl. 6, 527: nubes (Iridis), id. 4, 77.
Transf., a poetical epithet of any thing blooming with youth, esp. parts of the body, rosy, ruddy, blooming: labella, Cat. 80, 1: labra, Mart. 8, 56, 15: os (Veneris), Verg. A. 2, 593: genae, id. ib. 12, 606: cervix, id. ib. 1, 402; Hor. C. 1, 13, 2: juventa, Val. Fl. 8, 257.