rosa ae, f cf. r(o/don, a rose: Neu desint epulis rosae, H.: plena rosarum Atria, O.: cum rosam viderat, i. e. the latest of the spring flowers.

—Sing. collect., roses, wreaths of roses: sertis redimiri iubebis et rosā?: an tu me in violā putabas aut in rosā dicere? among roses: multā in rosā, H.: pulvinus perlucidus rosā fartus.

—The rose-bush, rose-tree: nimium brevīs Flores ferre iube rosae, H.: Cum flore rosarum, H.