(adjective) : roscĭdus, a, um, ros
* Full of dew, wet with dew, dewy.
* Lit.: herba,Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10: locus,id. ib. 3, 14, 2; cf. solum,Col. 5, 6, 10; Pall. Febr. 13, 2: qualitas caeli,Col. 3, 1, 6: virgae,id. 4, 30, 6: poma,Prop. 1, 20, 36: mala,Verg. E. 8, 37. umor, i. e. dew, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 38: mella,dropping like dew,Verg. E. 4, 30.—Poet.: dea,i. e. Aurora,Ov. A. A. 3, 180: Hesperus,id. F. 2, 314; cf. Luna,Verg. G. 3, 337: noctes,Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153; 18, 28, 67, § 260: Iris,Verg. A. 4, 700.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: roscida caespitum,i. e. dewy meadows,App. M. p. 102, 21.
* Transf., moistened, watered, wet (very rare): rivis Hernica saxa,Verg. A. 7, 683: tecta,Mart. 4, 18, 3.