(adjective) : rŏsĕus, a, um, id..
* Of roses, rose- (rare, for rosaceus): strophium,Verg. Cop. 32: vinculum,Sen. Med. 70: flores, i. e. roses, Claud. de Magnete, 29: convalles,filled with roses,id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 85.
* Rose-colored, rosy (freq., esp. in the Aug. poets): pannus,Plin. 21, 23, 94, § 166 (Jahn, russeus); 29, 4, 17, § 64 (Jahn, russeus); 30, 11, 30, § 99 (Jahn, russeus): nitor quidam in purpurā,id. 37, 9, 40, § 123; cf. color (with purpureus),id. 14, 1, 3, § 15: flos herbae,id. 25, 6, 26, § 62: roseā sol alte lampade lucens,Lucr. 5, 610; cf. id. 5, 976; so, Phoebus,Verg. A. 11, 913: Aurora,Lucr. 5, 656; also, dea,Ov. A. A. 3, 84; cf. of the same, os,id. M. 7, 705: equi,Tib. 1, 3, 94; Ov. F. 4, 714: bigae,Verg. A. 7, 26: Eous,Prop. 3 (4), 24, 7. cf.: alae (Luciferi),Val. Fl. 6, 527: nubes (Iridis),id. 4, 77.—Transf., a poetical epithet of any thing blooming with youth, esp. parts of the body, rosy, ruddy, blooming: labella,Cat. 80, 1: labra,Mart. 8, 56, 15: os (Veneris),Verg. A. 2, 593: genae,id. ib. 12, 606: cervix,id. ib. 1, 402; Hor. C. 1, 13, 2: juventa,Val. Fl. 8, 257.