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rŏsāles escae id.,
I.an annual feast, when the tombs were adorned with garlands of roses, the feast of roses; cf. our Decoration day, Inscr. Orell. 4419; cf.: “ROSAE ET ESCAE,” ib. 4418.—The ceremony of hanging up the garlands was called ROSALIA, ĭum, n., Inscr. Maff. Mus. Veron. 146, 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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