Sub Rosa
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The phrase Sub Rosa comes from the Latin and means under the rose or confidentiality. The rose was the emblem of the god Horus in ancient Egypt. Later the Greeks and Romans regarded this as god of silence. This originates from a Greek/Roman misinterpretation of an Egyptian hieroglyphic adopting Horus along with Isis and Osiris as a God. The Greeks translated his Egyptian name Her - pa - khrad to Harpocrates. Cupid gave Harpocrates a rose as a token of gratitude for not betraying the mother of Cupid, Venus.
Among the Freemasons the rose is the symbol of silence. Since Dan Brown's novel 'The Da Vinci Code' was published, the subject regained popularity.
Sub Rosa may refer to:
- Sub Rosa, NZIC Association, the New Zealand Intelligence Corps association
- Sub Rosa (label), a Belgian music label
- "Sub Rosa" (TNG episode), a seventh-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Sub Rosa (NCIS), the seventh episode of the television series NCIS.
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