ῥόδον

hrodon

rose

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥόδον, τό, metaplast. dat. pl. ῥοδέεσσι v.l. in A.R. 3.1020:—A. rose, first in h.Cer. 6, cf. Thgn. 537, Pi. I. 4(3).18(36), Hdt. 8.138, IG 12.289; Aeol. βρόδον (q.v.); mostly of Rosa gallica, red rose, Thphr. HP 6.6.4, etc.; ῥ. ἑκατοντάφυλλον, Rosa centifolia, cabbage rose, ibid.; ῥ. ἄγριον, Rosa dumetorum, wild rose, ib.6.2.1: metaph., ῥόδα μʼ εἴρηκας youʼve spoken roses of me, have said all things sweet and beautiful, Ar. Nu. 910; πάττε πολλοῖς τοῖς ῥόδοις ib.1330: prov., ὗς διὰ ῥόδων ‘a bull in a china shop’, Crates Com. 4. 2. = ῥοδωνιά, Coluth. 348. II. Ῥόδα, τά,= ῥοδισμός, Rev.Hist.Rel. 97.275 (Bulgaria). III. pudenda muliebria, Pherecr. 108.29.

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