LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

roseus

roseus (feminine rosea, neuter roseum)
Classical[ˈrɔ.se.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɔː.s̬e.us]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectivepink, rose-colored, rosy
    [...] roseōque haec īnsuper addidit ōre: [...].“… and furthermore, she added these words from [her] rosy lips: ….”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.593
  2. adjectiverose, of or pertaining to roses
    roseae convallēsa valley filled with roses
  3. adjectiveespeciallyany thing blooming with youth; rosy, ruddy, blooming
    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 miselliWhat 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.Catullus 80

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

colōre rosae; Aurōra rosea vocātur.
roseus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Colōrēs

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeroseusrosearoseum
genitiveroseīroseaeroseī
dativeroseōroseaeroseō
accusativeroseumroseamroseum
ablativeroseōroseāroseō
vocativeroseerosearoseum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeroseīroseaerosea
genitiveroseōrumroseārumroseōrum
dativeroseīsroseīsroseīs
accusativeroseōsroseāsrosea
ablativeroseīsroseīsroseīs
vocativeroseīroseaerosea

rŏsĕus, a, um, adj. id..
I. 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. —
II. 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.
Rōsĕus, a, um, v. Rosea, A.

Origins

  1. Proto-Iranian*wardahder.?
  2. Ancient Greek ῥόδον(rhódon)bor.?
  3. Latinroseus

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin roseus From rosa + -eus.

Descendants
  • Frenchrose
  • Romanianrozfrom French rose
  • Italianroseo
  • Portugueseróseo
  • Romanianroșu
  • Spanishróseo
  • Aromanianarosh
  • Aromanianrosh

Quick answers

What does roseus mean in Latin?
roseus, a adjective, means “pink, rose-colored, rosy; rose, of or pertaining to roses; any thing blooming with youth”.
How do you pronounce roseus?
In classical Latin, [ˈrɔ.se.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɔː.s̬e.us].
Where does roseus come from?
Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? → Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? → Latin roseus.