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 , IG 12.289 ; Aeol.
βρόδον(q.v.); mostly ofRosa gallica, red rose, Thphr. HP 6.6.4 , etc.;ῥ. ἑκατοντάφυλλον,Rosa centifolia, cabbage rose, ibid.;ῥ. ἄγριον,Rosa dumetorum, wild rose, ib. 6.2.1 : metaph.,ῥόδα μ' εἴρηκαςyou've spokenrosesof me, have saidall things sweet and beautiful, Ar. Nu. 910 ;πάττε πολλοῖς τοῖς ῥόδοιςib. 1330 : prov.,ὗς διὰ ῥόδων'a bull in a china shop', Crates Com. 4 .
2.
= ῥοδωνιά , Coluth. 348 .
II. Ῥόδα,τά,=ῥοδισμός, Rev.Hist.Rel. 97.275 (Bulgaria).
III. pudenda muliebria, Pherecr. 108.29 .