rŏsārĭus

I. of roses, rose-.

I. Adj.: absorptio, a drink flavored with roses, or something similar, Suet. Ner. 27 fin. dub.: auxilium, App. M. 3, p. 141, 1: venenum, of the laurel rose, supposed to be poisonous, id. ib. 3, p. 143, 20.—

II. Subst.

A. rŏsārĭ-um, ii, n., a place planted with roses, a rose-garden; sing., Col. 11, 2, 29. — More freq. plur., Prop. 4, 5, 59 (5, 5, 61); Verg. G. 4, 119; Ov. M. 15, 708; id. Tr. 5, 2, 23; Col. praef. § 27 al.—

B. † rŏsārĭus, ῥοδοπώλης, Gloss. Lat. Gr.