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ῥόδον , 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.; . ἑκατοντάφυλλον, Rosa centifolia, cabbage rose, ibid.; . 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.
II. Ῥόδα , τά,= ῥοδισμός, Rev.Hist.Rel.97.275 (Bulgaria).
III. pudenda muliebria, Pherecr.108.29.
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