a strong town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and in the Hither Calabria, with an archbishop's see, and the title of a principality. It is pretty large, well peopled, and seated on an eminence surrounded with rocks. E. Long. 16. 52. N. Lat. 39. 45.
ROS-solts, Sun-dew, an agreeable spirituous liquor, composed of burnt brandy, sugar, cinnamon, and milk-water; and sometimes perfumed with a little musk. It has its name from being first prepared wholly of the juice of the plant ros-solis, or drosera. See Drosera.