roseus

Latin

The flower of the wild gallica rose, the natural referent for the color roseus

Cultivated roses of the same species

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?

Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?

Latin rosa

Latin -eus

Latin roseus

From rosa + -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɔ.se.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɔː.s̬e.us]

Adjective

roseus (feminine rosea, neuter roseum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pink, rose-colored, rosy
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.593:

     “[...] roseōque haec īnsuper addidit ōre: [...].”

     “[...] and furthermore, she added these words from [her] rosy lips: [...].”

2. rose, of or pertaining to roses

   roseae convallēs

   a valley filled with roses

3. (transferred meaning, especially of parts of the body) any thing blooming with youth; rosy, ruddy, blooming
   • Catullus 80

     Quid dicam, Gelli, quare rosea ista labella

     hiberna fiant candidiora nive,

     mane domo cum exis et cum te octava quiete

     e molli longo suscitat hora die?

     Nescio quid certest: an vere fama susurrat

     grandia te medii tenta vorare viri?

     Sic certest: clamant Victoris rupta miselli

     ilia, et emulso labra notata sero.

     What do you say, O Gellius, to why those rosy lips of yours

     become white as winter snow,

     in the morning when you go out of your house and when the eighth hour wakes you

     out of a nap from a long day?

     I do not know what is certain: can the rumor be true

     that you swallow the large thing men have in the middle?

     It must be so: They proclaim that poor Victor's member has burst,

     and the milky fluid is inscribed on your lips.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	roseus	rosea	roseum		roseī	roseae	rosea
genitive	roseī	roseae	roseī		roseōrum	roseārum	roseōrum
dative	roseō	roseae	roseō		roseīs
accusative	roseum	roseam	roseum		roseōs	roseās	rosea
ablative	roseō	roseā	roseō		roseīs
vocative	rosee	rosea	roseum		roseī	roseae	rosea

Synonyms

• (of roses): rosāceus

Derived terms

• roseātus

Descendants

• Aromanian: arosh, rosh
• French: rose
  • Romanian: roz
• Italian: roseo
• Portuguese: róseo
• Romanian: roșu (possibly)
• Spanish: róseo

See also

Colors in Classical and Old Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	pullus, fuscus, aquilus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	āter, niger, furvus, piceus (poetic)
rūfus, russus, ruber, flammeus (poetic), rōbus (of oxen), burrus; pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rutilus, fulvus (poetic), rāvus (of eyes), aureus (poetic), croceus (poetic); rūbidus, niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus, lūridus, pallidus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus, fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus, caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

References

• “roseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “roseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “roseus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.