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1 favus
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2 (crātis
(crātis is), f [CART-], wicker-work, a hurdle: terga suis rarā pendentia crate, kitchen-rack, Iu.: cratīs texunt virgis, V.: Claudens textis cratibus pecus, H.— A harrow: vimineae, V.— A hurdle (for drowning criminals): crate superne iniectā, L.—In war, fascines, Cs.— The ribs of a shield: umbonum, V.—A joint, rib (poet.): pectoris, V.: laterum, O.: spinae, the joints of the backbone, O.: favorum, honey-comb, V. -
3 cereus
1. I.Prop., Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30:B.effigies,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 30:imago,
id. ib. 1, 8, 43; id. Epod. 17, 76; cf. id. Ep. 2, 1, 265:castra,
cells of wax, honey-comb, Verg. A. 12, 589; cf.regna,
waxen realms, id. G. 4, 202:simul acra,
Ov. H. 6, 91.—Subst.: cē-rĕus, i, m. (sc. funis), a waxlight, wax taper, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; Sen. Ep. 122, 10; id. Brev. Vit. 20, 5; id. Tranq. 11, 7. Such waxlights were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia, Fest.s.v. cereos, p. 54 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 7 and 11; Mart. 5, 18.—II.Meton.A.Wax-colored:* B. C. 2.pruna,
Verg. E. 2, 53; cf. Ov. M. 13, 818:abolla,
Mart. 4, 53:turtur,
id. 3, 58:cerei coloris electrum,
Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 33.—cērĕus, i, m., v. 1. cereus, I. B. -
4 cratis
crātis, is ( nom. sing. only Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 56, 5; acc. sing. cratim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65), f. [Sanscr. kart, to spin; cf. crassus], wicker-work, a hurdle.I.Lit.A.In gen.1.Sing. (rare):2.flexilis,
Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209; 10, 44, 61, § 126:juncea,
id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; Juv. 11, 82.—Plur. (so most freq.; and by the ancient gram. sometimes regarded as plur. tantum;B.v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 455),
Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Verg. A. 11, 64; Hor. Epod. 2, 45; Col. 12, 15, 1 al.—Esp.1.A harrow; sing., Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145; 18, 20, 49, § 180; 18, 18, 48, § 173.— Plur., Verg. G. 1, 94.—2.A hurdle with which criminals were covered, and on which stones were thrown; sing., Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 4, 50, 4; Tac. G. 12.—3.Milit., fascines, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 40; Liv. 10, 38, 5; Tac. A. 1, 68 al. —As a covering for besiegers in attacks, Curt. 5, 3, 7.—4.The ribs of a shield:5.umbonum,
Verg. A. 7, 633; Curt. 10, 2, 23; Sil. 5, 522 sq.—= testudo, the interlocked shields of a rank of soldiers, Luc. 3, 485.—II.Transf., a joint, rib, etc.:pectoris,
Verg. A. 12, 508:laterum,
Ov. M. 12, 370; cf.spinae,
the joints of the backbone, id. ib. 8, 806:favorum,
honey-comb, Verg. G. 4, 214:cratem facit vitis,
grows confusedly, Col. 4, 2, 1 al. -
5 favus
făvus, i, m., a honey-comb.I.Prop.:II.favus est, quem fingunt (apes) multicavatum e cera, cum singula cava sena latera habeant,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24; Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157; Col. 11, 2, 57; Verg. G. 1, 344; 4, 161; Ov. M. 8, 678; id. F. 4, 152:mellis,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 27 et saep.—Prov.:Crescere tamquam favum,
i. e. imperceptibly, Petr. 43 and 76.—Transf., a hexagonal stone in a pavement, Vitr. 7, 1. -
6 pissoceros
pissŏcēros, i, m., = pissokêros, pitch-wax, work of pitch and wax, the second foundation of the honey-comb:prima fundamenta commosin vocant periti, secunda pissoceron, tertia propolin,
Plin. 11, 7, 6, § 16. -
7 acerus
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