roseus

Latin

Etymology tree

Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?

Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?

Latin rosa

Latin -eus

Latin roseus

From rosa + -eus.

roseus (feminine rosea, neuter roseum); first/second-declension adjective

pink, rose-colored, rosy
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.593:
  “[...] roseōque haec īnsuper addidit ōre: [...].”
  “[...] and furthermore, she added these words from [her] rosy lips: [...].”
rose, of or pertaining to roses
roseae convallēs
a valley filled with roses
(transferred meaning, especially of parts of the body) any thing blooming with youth; rosy, ruddy, blooming
- Catullus 80
  Quid dicam, Gelli, quare rosea ista labella
  
  hiberna fiant candidiora nive,
  
  mane domo cum exis et cum te octava quiete
  
  e molli longo suscitat hora die?
  
  Nescio quid certest: an vere fama susurrat
  
  grandia te medii tenta vorare viri?
  
  Sic certest: clamant Victoris rupta miselli
  
  ilia, et emulso labra notata sero.
  What do you say, O Gellius, to why those rosy lips of yours
  
  become white as winter snow,
  
  in the morning when you go out of your house and when the eighth hour wakes you
  
  out of a nap from a long day?
  
  I do not know what is certain: can the rumor be true
  
  that you swallow the large thing men have in the middle?
  
  It must be so: They proclaim that poor Victor's member has burst,
  
  and the milky fluid is inscribed on your lips.

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	roseus	rosea	roseum	roseī	roseae	rosea
genitive	roseī	roseae	roseī	roseōrum	roseārum	roseōrum
dative	roseō	roseae	roseō	roseīs
accusative	roseum	roseam	roseum	roseōs	roseās	rosea
ablative	roseō	roseā	roseō	roseīs
vocative	rosee	rosea	roseum	roseī	roseae	rosea

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic), rāvus (of eyes); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

“roseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“roseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“roseus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.