ῥόδον, τό,
metaplastice dative plural ῥοδέεσσι variant in [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1020 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— rose, first in [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 6, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 537, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).18(36), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.138, “IG” 12.289] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect βρόδον (which see); mostly of Rosa gallica, red rose, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.6.4, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἑκατοντάφυλλον, Rosa centifolia, cabbage rose, [[[prev. passage]] Refs]; ῥ. ἄγριον, Rosa dumetorum, wild rose, [[[prev. work] 6.2.1 ] Refs]: metaphorically, ῥόδα μ᾽ εἴρηκας you've spoken roses of me, have said all things sweet and beautiful, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 910; πάττε πολλοῖς τοῖς ῥόδοις [prev. work] 1330: proverbial, ὗς διὰ ῥόδων] Refs 5th c.BC+] 'a bull in a china shop', [[ 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 ={ῥοδωνιά}, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Coluthus Epicus 348. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II Ῥόδα, τά,= ῥοδισμός, [[ “Rev.Hist.Rel.” 97.275 (from Bulgaria). ] Refs]
__III pudenda muliebria, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.29. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]