ROS 
ROS 
ROT 
lacrimarum rore.-IT Also, of any 
fluid, as water, milk, &c. Lucret. Ae- 
lias auras, roremque liquorum. Id. sa- 
lis, A. c. maris. Propert. lonio rore, 
h. e. Ionian sea. Ooid. Vivo prolue rore 
matius, living, flowing water. Id. Artus 
liquido perfundere rore, water. Cic. (as 
a poet) Nato3 vitali rore rigabat, ft. e. 
milk from the breast. Ovid. Sparsos stil- 
lanti rore capilios, ft. e. blood. Hence, 
of balsam, ointment. Ovid. Non Arabo 
noster rore capillus olet. Tibu.ll. Stilla- 
bat Syrio rore coma. - IT Ovid. Ros 
maris ; or, Horat. Ros marinus ; or, Co- 
lum. Marinus ros ; or, Id. Rosmarinus, 
i, m.; or, Plin. Rosmarinum, i, n. rose¬ 
mary (Rosmarinus officinalis, L.). 
RASA. ( p6Sou ), ffi, f- the rose. Cic. — The 
sing. Rosa is also used for plur. Ro¬ 
sa?." Cic. Pulvinus rosa fartus. Id. 
Reticulum plenum ros®. Id. Potare 
in rosa, A. e. crowned with roses. Id. Re- 
dimitus rosa. Propert. Ilia molliter te 
nera poneret ossa rosa. — Figur. Mar¬ 
tial. Vivere in rosa, to live in roses, h. e. 
luxuriously, agreeably, deliciously. Scnec 
In rosa jaceat, ft. e. in pleasures, delights. 
Cic. In viola et in rosa (opposed to in 
cruciatu atque tormentis). -IT For ro¬ 
sy redness. Ovid. Plena rosarum atria. 
Martial. Rubeant labia rosis. -IT As 
a word of endearment. Plant. Mea 
rosa. —— IT Also, ointment or oil of roses. 
Cels. -IT Also, a rosebush. Plin. Ra¬ 
dix silvestris rosa?. Virg. Rosa, Psesti 
bis florens, damask-rose. Apul. Rosa lau- 
rea, laurel-rose (Nerium oleander, L.). 
RASaCEOS (rosa), a, um, adj. of roses, 
2 (>66mo;. Plin. corona. Id. oleum 
and_, Rosaceum, sc. oleum, oil of roses. 
RASaNS (rosa; as if from roso), tis, adj. 
3 rosy, rosy red. Poeta in Cat.al. 
ROSaRIOS (rosa), a, um, adj. of or from 
roses, pdiivo;. Apul. Rosarium vene- 
num, A. e. the taking of the laurel-rose, 
supposed to be poisonous. Id. auxilitim, 
help derived from taking roses. Sueton. 
absortio (absorptio), a certain dish. — 
Rosarium, ii, n. a place covered with 
roses, a rose-hedge or rose-garden, poSi>v, 
poicovia. Virg. Biferi rosaria Pssti. 
RASaTuS (Id.), a, um, adj. furnished with 
3 roses, prepared with roses. Scren. Sam- 
mon. Lana oleo madefit rosato. — 
Hence, absol. Rosatum, sc. vinum, 
rose-wine, wine seasoned with roses, poSt- 
ry; rnvo;. Pallad. — But in Apic. 1, 4. 
p. 12. (Ed. Listor) Rosatum is, according 
to Boettiger, a rose conserve. 
RoSCIaNOS, a, um, adj. Roscian, of Ros¬ 
cius. Cic. imitatio, ft. e. of the actor 
Roscius. 
RoSCIDOS (ros), a, um, adj. wet or moist- 
2 cited with dew, full of dew, dew-besprent, 
dewy, and hence, moist as with dew, drop¬ 
ping like dew, moist, wet, SpoacoSy;, ipay- 
£(£. Varr. herba. Plin. Roscido hu- 
more viventes, ft. e. rore. Virg. Rosci- 
da mala legere. Id. Roscida mella, A. e. 
dropping down like dew. Plin. Folia melle 
roscida, moistened with honey, as if bedew 
ed with honey. Ovid. Roscida dea, A. e. 
Aurora. Virg. Luna. Ovid. Hespe¬ 
rus. Plin. noctes. Virg. Iris roscida 
pennis, moistened, wet. Ovid, pruina 
A. e. dew. Virg. Saxa roscida rivis, 
moist, wet. Ovid, antra. 
RoSCIOS, a, um, a Roman gentile name, 
-IT Adj. Roscian. Cic. lex, proposed 
by tne tribune L. Rose. Otho, by which the 
equites received separate seats in the thea¬ 
tre. -IT Subst. L. Roscius Otho, men¬ 
tioned above. — Cl. Roscius, the great¬ 
est comic actor at Rome of his time; he in¬ 
structed Cicero in declamation and gesture. 
Hence, any one who excelled in his own 
art or science was called a Roscius. Cic. 
Arch. 1,2. — Sext. Roscius, of Ameria, 
who was defended by Cicero when tried for 
parricide. 
RoSEX, ;e, f. See Roseus. 
RoSEaNOS, a, um, adj. Roseau, from the 
3 region Rosea. Varro. 
RASETUM (rosa), i, n. a place covered 
3 with roses, rose-garden, rose-bushes grow¬ 
ing together. Virg. 
R8SE0S (ros), a, um, adj. denotes a re 
S gion in the Sabine territory near Rcat.e 
where especially horses were pastured, 
The region itself is called Rosea, sc. ter¬ 
ra or regio. Varr .; also, Rosia, Cic. — 
Hence, Virg. Rosea rura, fields of Ro¬ 
sea. Plin. cannabis, growing in Rosea. 
RASED3 (rosa), a, um, adj. of roses, filled 
with roses. Scnec. vinculum, crown or 
wreath of roses. So, also, Virg. stro- 
phium. Claudian. Holes, roses. Id. 
ripa, rosy, full of roses. - V Also, 
rosy, rose-colored, ruse-red. Plin. pan- 
nus. Id. color, rose-color. Catull. fu- 
cus. Ovid, rubor. J\i'emes. inustum, 
rosy. — The poets use roseus of per¬ 
sons and the parts of the body, when 
they will convey the idea of beautiful 
and blooming form and color; as, also, 
of Aurora, the Sun, &c. Virg. cervix 
(Veneris). Id. os (Veneris). Id. gen a?. 
Martial, labra. Val. Flacc. honor, A. c. 
venustas admiratione et honore digna. 
Martial, ephebus, ft. e. formosus. Ovid. 
dea, ft. e. Aurora. Propert. Eous, A. e. 
Lucifer. Lucret. lampas (solis). Virg. 
Phcebus. Id. Roseis Aurora quadrigis. 
RoSIA, as, f. See Roseus, a, um. 
RoSID0S,a, um, same as Roscidus. Colum. 
ROSINA herba, an herb. Veget. 
R6SI5 (rodo), onis, f. a gnawing, rpoi^i;, 
2 ipeSiapo;. Cels. Bilis alvo cum rosi- 
one redditur, a griping of the bowels. 
RoSMARINOS, and ROSMARINUM, i, 
m. and n. rosemary. (See Ros, at the 
end.) — In Colam. 12, 36, the Edd. have 
commonly rorismarini (gen.), as one 
word, but unnecessarily. 
RoSTeLLUM (dirnin. from rostrum), i, n. 
2 a little bill, snout, beak, &c. Colum. and 
Plin. 
ROSTRA, orum, n. See Rostrum. 
RoSTRaLIS (rostra), e, adj. pertaining or 
3 belonging to the rostra. Sidon. tabula. 
ROSTRaNS (as from rostro), tis, particip. 
2 Plin. Rostrante vomere, A. e. striking or 
driving in its point. (But Hard, suspects 
that roslrato should be read.) 
RoSTRaTDS (rostrum), a, um, adj. fur- 
1 nished with a beak, muzzle, snout, or some¬ 
thing like, beaked, Sec. Plin. falx, hav 
ing a curved, projecting point, like a beak 
Especially, of ships armed with a beak 
rt; „ nnirio A lift R A f.-tn Piim nniri. 
Cic. navis. A act. B. Afric. Cam navi- 
culis cujusquemodi generis triginta, 
inibi paucis rostratis, profectus, Sec. 
Plin. prora. Absol. Sidon. Rostrate, 
ft. c. naves rostrate. Plin. Liburnica- 
rum modo rostrato impetu feruntur. 
Hence, Columna rostrata, a marble col¬ 
umn, adorned with bealcs of ships, which 
was erected in the forum by Duilius, after 
a naval victory over the Carthaginians, in 
the first Punic war. Liv. It has been 
dug up in modern times, and placed in 
the Museum Palatinum. It bore an in¬ 
scription, which Ciacconi has published 
and illustrated, and Grrevius has insert¬ 
ed in his edition of Florus. Also, Plin. 
corona, ft. e. navalis ; a crown decorated 
with small beaks, which was awarded to him 
who had first boarded the enemy’’s ship, or 
had in any way displayed extraordinary 
gallantry in a naval engagement. Hence, 
of Agrippa. Virg. Cui tempora navali 
fulgent rostrata (nom.) corona ( abl .). 
beaked with the naval crown. 
RoSTRUM (from rodo; as claustrum 
from claudo), i, n. (properly, an instru¬ 
ment or organ to gnaw with), the bcalc, 
bill, or nib of a bird-, the snout, muzzle, 
chaps, of a fish or beast, pvyX"S. Cic. of 
birds, swine. Plin. of camels, dol¬ 
phins, lions, bees, &c. Varr. of goats. 
Lucan, of dogs. — Also, of men, chaps, 
muzzle, mouth, either contemptuously or 
in familiar speech. Plaut. Apud men- 
sam plenam liomini rostrum deliges. 
Lucil. ap Mon. Arripio rostrum, labias- 
que hujus. Pandect. Rostrum person®, 
ft. c. the mouth of an image of a man. — 
Figur. something resembling a beak or 
snout. Colum. Falcis vinitorise pars, 
qua adunca est, rostrum appellatur, the 
hooked point, beak, or bill. Plin. Vomer 
exigua cuspide in rostro, ft. e. in ante- 
riori parte. Id. lucern®, the beak of a 
lamp. Id. Malleorum rostra, A. e. the 
heads. Id. Rostrum insulas, ft. e. apart 
of the island running out to a point. 
Especially, the beak of a ship, cgfjoXov. 
It was usually covered with brass or 
iron, and was of great use in naval en¬ 
gagements. Liv. Rhodia cum rostro 
percussisset Sidoniam navem. Auct. 
B. Afric. Naves rostris perforat® mer- 
782 
guntur. Hence, Virg. for prora. - 
11 The Romans, having taken several 
ships from the inhabitants of Antium, 
used their beaks to adorn the place in 
front of the Curia Hostilia, where the 
stage or pulpit was erected, from which 
addresses were made to the people. 
Liv. Hence, Rostra, this stage or pulpit, 
the rostra. Cic. Cum Vettius peroras- 
set, descendissetque de Rostris. Liv. 
Pnetor in Rostra ascendit. Id. Vocife- 
rantes, ut in Rostris prius, quam in 
Senatu, liter® recitarentur. Varr. 
Comitia edicere e Rostris Sueton. 
Laudatus est pro Rostris a Druso, in the 
Rostra, from the Rostra. — Figur. Lu¬ 
can. Rostra movere, ft. e. the people as¬ 
sembled there. Id. Tenere rostra, A. e. 
dominari in concionihus. Id. Rostra 
forumque optare, for pacem. 
RASOLicNTOS (rosa), a, um, adj. abound- 
3 ing in roses, rosy. Prudent, prata. - 
IT Also, rose-colored, rosy. Mart. Cap. 
RoSDS, a, um, particip. from rodo. 
RATA (unc.), re. f. a wheel, of a carriage, 
rpoxbs- Virg., Ovid, and Plin. — In 
the poets, the carriage, car, chariot, itself. 
Ovid. Pedibusve rotave. Id. Si rota 
defuerit, pede carpe viam. So, also, 
plur. Rote. Virg. E rotis prospexit. 
Ovid. Rotis expelli. Propert. Nobilis e 
tectis fundere gesa rotis, A. e. ex esse- 
do, aut covino. Hence, Scnec. Rota 
Phcebi, the car of Phoebus. — Also, Ro¬ 
te, for the horses. Sil. Cynthia frater- 
riis afflata rotis.-V Also, a round 
body, orb. Lucret. Major solis rota. Id. 
Neque solis rota altivoians certii poterat. 
Tibull. Rota Luciferi (though this can 
be chariot). -IT Also, circle, circuit. 
Virg. Ixionii rota constitit orbis (wheel). 
Tibull. Versatur celeri orbe rote. Pro¬ 
pert. Septima metam trivit rota, ft. e. 
revolution, course, in the circus. Scnec. 
Rota prrecipitis anni, circular course, 
revolution. -IT Also, the wheel, on 
which malefactors were tortured among 
the Greeks. Cic. In rotam ascendere. 
— Ixion was doomed to such a punish¬ 
ment in the lower regions.-If Figur. 
of Fortune or Chance. Cic. Fortun® 
rotam pertimescebat, the wheel of. For¬ 
tune ; the fickleness or instability of For¬ 
tune. — Also, Ovid. Imparibus vecta 
Thalia rotis (of elegiac verses, consist¬ 
ing of alternate hexameters and pen¬ 
tameters). — Also, of love. Plaut,. Ver- 
sor in amoris rota miser. - IT Also, 
a potter’s wheel. Horat. Currente rota 
urceus exit. - If Also, a kind of sca- 
fislt or whale. Plin. -IT Also, a kind 
of goat. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5. (where 
platycerotas is more correctly read). 
RATaBILIS (roto), e, adj. turning in a 
3 circle, rotary, circular. Ammian. 
RATaLIS (rota), e, adj. wheeled, having 
3 wheels. Capitol. 
RATATILIS (roto), e, adj. rotary, rotato- 
3 ry, turning in a circle, circular, revolving. 
SUlon. 
RATaTIM (rota), adv. like a wheel, in a 
3 circle. Apul. -IT Diomed. Rotatim 
dicere, ft. e. per trochreos loqui. 
RATATIA (roto), onis, f. a turning round., 
2 or carrying about in a circle, rotation, 
KvicXotbopia. Vitruv. 
RATaTAR (Id.), oris, m. a whirler round, 
3 he that turns something round in a circu¬ 
lar direction. Stat. Et tu Bassaridum 
rotator Evan. Cassiod. Cameraruni ro¬ 
tator, A. e. qui cameras in fornicis spe- 
ciem rediticat. 
IIATaTDS (Id.), us, m. a turning or whirl- 
3 ing round. Stat. 
RATA (rota), as, avi, atum, a. and n. 1. to 
2 turn a thinground like a wheel, whirlroxnid , 
swing round, hurl, kvkXoco, nepieXioooi, 
cejievSovaco, rpox^o). Ovid. Learchum 
rapit, ei bis terque per auras more ro- 
tat fund®. Horat. Flamm® trepidant 
rotantes vertice fumum, whirling up. 
Lucret. (de ventis) Rotantque cavis flam- 
mam fornacilius intus, whirl round. Virg. 
Ac rotat ensem fulmineum, swings n 
round before fetching a blow. Ovid. 
Fulvus aper fulmineo rabidos rotat or 
canes. Stat.. In ora loquentis telum 
immane rotat. 01 anil. Orbis sidereus 
retherios rotat c.ursus Figur Juvenal. 
Sermo rotatus. — Hence, Rotan, to „ 
or turn round in a circle, revolve, roll 
