Rosa, la rose

• Autores: Louis Callebat
• Localización: Voces, ISSN 1130-3336, Nº 3, 1992, págs. 21-30
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    Elément privilégié de la symbolique végétale, image littéraire ou signe numineux, source miroitante et fuyante de correspondances, la rose est d'abord cependant simple objet matériel, production de la terre, plante des jardins, fleur des couronnes. La rose antique s'offre à notre découverte dans la perspective première du naturaliste.

  • English

    The subject of this paper is to inquire into the different uses and meanings of the latin word, rosa, which is a botanical term in its denotative function, used as a simple or complex lexical unit, yet also an highly rich term in aesthetical, emotional and symbolic connotations. Rosa pertains to the usual vocabulary as well as to the esoteric one; it belongs to the scientific as well as the pictural, religious or poetic terminologies. As such rosa is indeed one of the most sparkling word in the latin vocabulary.