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.
III. pudenda muliebria, Pherecr.108.29.