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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁rōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈroːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɔs]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rōs''' ''m'' (genitive rōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*rōs]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₁rōs|t=dew, juice]], probably from [[ine-pro|*h₁ers-|t=to flow]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Cognate with [[sa|रस|tr=rása|t=juice, liquid]], [[lt|rasà|t=dew]], [[cu|роса|tr=rosa|t=dew]] and [[hit|arš-|t=to flow]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was dew, as Lucretius' grass glistening with fresh dew, also in the plural, and not always distinguished from rain.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was the water of rivers or the sea as spray, and other liquids, tears or blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) ''Rōs marīnus'' “dew of the sea” was rosemary, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In medieval Latin it was used with reference to Gideon's fleece, as May-dew in alchemy, and as an image of inspiration.^(DMLBS) Through ''rōsmarīnus'' it gave English ''rosemary''.^(Etymonline) It survives as [[ro|rouă]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses ''rōs marīnus'' of rosemary.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''rosmarine'' “rosemary” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Dew]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Moisture, spray; a liquid (tears, blood).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Rōs marīnus'', [[m|en|rosemary]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rōrifer]]

+ * [[rorifluus]]

+ * [[rōriger]]

+ * [[rōrō]]

+ * [[rōrulentus]]

+ * [[rōscidus]]

+ * [[rosidus]]

+ * [[rōrātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|rosemary]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Isidore says some take it from Greek ''drósos'', and others from its being ''rārus'', not thick like rain.^(Isidore)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}