the cells

aedēs and aedis (the form aedes is found in Liv. 2, 21, 7; 2, 8, 14; 2, 9, 43 al., and now and then in other writers, but aedis is more common, as in Cic. Verr. 4, 55, § 121; id. Par. 4, 2, 31; Vitr. 4, 7, 1; Varr. 5, 32, 156 al.; Liv. 1, 33, 9 al.; Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 50), is, f., a building for habitation. [Aedis domicilium in edito positum simplex atque unius aditus. Sive ideo aedis dicitur, quod in ea aevum degatur, quod Graece aiôn vocatur, Fest. p. 13 Müll. Curtius refers this word to aithô, aestus, as meaning originally, fire-place, hearth; others, with probability, compare hedos, hedra, and sēdes.]

Sing., a dwelling of the gods, a sanctuary, a temple (prop., a simple edifice, without division into smaller apartments, while templum is a large and splendid structure, consecrated by the augurs, and belonging to one or more deities; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7; but after the Aug. period aedes was used for templum; cf. Suet. Caes. 78 with id. ib. 84): haec aedis, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 7:

senatum in aedem Jovis Statoris vocavi,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6: aedis Martis, Nep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

aedes Mercurii dedicata est,

Liv. 2, 21:

hic aedem ex marmore molitus est,

Vell. 1, 11, 5:

inter altare et aedem,

Vulg. Luc. 11, 51:

aedem Concordiae,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19:

aedes Veneris genitricis,

Suet. Caes. 78; v. above; id. ib. 10:

aedem Baal,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 10, 27; ib. Act. 19, 24 al.: haec ego ludo, quae nec in aede sonent, i. e. in the temple of the Muses, or of the Palatine Apollo, where poems were publicly recited, Hor. S. 1, 10, 38; cf.:

quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Plur. in this sense generally in connection with sacrae, divinae, deorum, and only when several temples are spoken of:

aedes sacrae,

Cic. Dom. 49; cf. Suet. Aug. 30, 100:

Capitolii fastigium et ceterarum aedium,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46; cf. Liv. 38, 41:

Deorum aedes,

Suet. Cat. 21; cf. id. Ner. 38; id. Claud. 21 al.—

A dwelling for men, a house, habitation, [p. 52] obode (syn. domus; usu. only in the plur., as a collection of several apartments; but in the earliest period the sing. also may have had this signif., though but few certain examples of it have been preserved in the written language; cf. Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67:

hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimust... aedis nobis areast, auceps sum ego): aedes probae et pulchre aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 60; id. Most. 1, 2, 18:

ultimae,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

apud istum in aedibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50, and soon after: in mediis aedibus; cf. Verg. A. 2, 512:

liberae,

a house that is rent-free, Liv. 30, 17:

privatae,

Suet. Ner. 44 al. —Hence sometimes used for a part of the domus, a room, an apartment, chamber:

insectatur omnes domi per aedīs,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31; Verg. G. 2, 462; cf. id. A. 2, 487 (v. also Gell. 4, 14; Curt. 8, 6; Hor. C. 1, 30, 4).—In Plaut., by comic license, aedes for familia: credo hercle has sustollat aedīs totas atque hunc in crucem, Mil. 2, 3, 39: ut ego suffringam his talos totis aedibus, to break the legs of this whole house (i. e. family), Truc. 2, 8, 7: ab aedibus, denoting office (cf. ab), a castellan:

CVM AB AEDIBVS ESSEM,

Inscr. Grut. 697, 1.—

Met., the cells (or hive) of bees:

clausis cunctantur in aedibus,

Verg. G. 4, 258.—

Trop.:

fac, sis, vacivas aedīs aurium, mea ut migrare dicta possint,

the chambers of your ears, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 54.—

Aedes aurata, a gilded funeral structure, on which the dead body of Cœsar was laid, a catafalque, Suet. Caes. 84.

cella, ae, f. [cf. celo, oc-cul-o, clam, v. Varr. L. L. 5, 33, 45; Fest. p. 50], a storeroom, chamber.

In agricult. lang., a place for depositing grain or fruits, or for the abode of animals, a granary, stall, etc.:

olearia, vinaria, penaria, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 3, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2; Col. 1, 6, 9; 12, 18, 3; Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; 2, 3, 87, § 200 sq. al.; cf. id. Pis. 27, 67; Verg. G. 2, 96; Hor. C. 1, 37, 6; id. S. 2, 8, 46; Vitr. 6, 9:

columbarum,

dovecotes, Col. 8, 8, 3:

anserum,

id. 8, 14, 9.— Also of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 164; id. A. 1, 433; Plin. 11, 11, 10, § 26.—Hence, dare, emere, imperare aliquid in cellam, to furnish, purchase, procure the things necessary for a house, for the kitchen, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 201 sq.; id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30. —Facetiously:

cella promptuaria = carcer,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

reliqui in ventre cellae uni locum,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 17.-

Transf., of the small, simple dwelling apartments of men, a chamber, closet, cabinet, hut, cot, etc., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 13;

esp. of servants,

Cato, R. R. 14: ostiarii, the porter ' s lodge, Vitr. 6, 10; Petr. 29, 1; 77, 4;

and of slaves,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67; Hor. S. 1, 8, 8 al.—Of a poor man's garret, Mart. 7, 20, 21; 8, 14, 5: cella pauperis, a chamber for self-denial, etc., Sen. Ep. 18, 7; 100, 6; cf. Mart. 3, 48.—

The part of a temple in which the image of a god stood, the chapel, Vitr. 3, 1; 4, 1; Cic. [p. 310] Phil. 3, 12, 30; Liv. 5, 50, 6; 6, 29, 9 al.—

An apartment in a bathing-house, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11; Pall. 1, 40, 4; Veg. 2, 6, 3.—

A room in a brothel, Petr. 8, 4; Juv. 6, 122; 6, 128:

inscripta,

Mart. 11, 45, 1.

Pĕnātes, ĭum (Penatis singulariter Labeo Antistius posse dici putat, quia pluraliter Penates dicuntur, cum patiatur proportio etiam Penas dici, ut optimas, primas, Antias, Fest. p. 253 Müll. But the singular is never used; and for Denas = Penas, which some assume in Dion. Hal. 1, 68, it is probably most correct to read DIS MAGNIS, v. Ambrosch, Studien und Andeut. vol. i. p. 231 sq.— Acc. plur. PENATEIS, perh. Tab. Bant. lin. 22), m. [from the root pa, whence pascor, pabulum, pānis; also penus, and, through the notion of a storehouse or inner chamber, also penes, penetro; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 270 sq.; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, p. 425 sq.].

Lit., the Penates, old Latin guardian deities of the household, and of the state formed of a union of households, whose seat was originally in Lavinium; usually connected with di: IN VELIA APVD AEDEM DEVM PENATIVM, Inscr. Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.; cf.:

aedes deorum Penatium in Veliā,

Liv. 45, 16:

AEDEM DEVM PENATIVM IN VELIA, Monum. Ancyr.: di Penates,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 5 sq.: in mensā Penatium deorum, Naev. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31:

sanctis Penatium deorum Larumque familiarium sedibus,

Cic. Rep. 5, 5, 7; id. Deiot. 5, 15: MENS. IANVAR. SACRIFICANT. DIS. PENATIBVS, Calend. Farnes. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 380: v. s. Inscr. Orell. 1677; cf. ib. 1675 and 1678:

DIIS. DEABVS PENATIBVS FAMILIARIBVS ET IOVI CETERISQVE DIIBVS,

ib. 2118.—Without di:

vos Penates patriique dii,

Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

Ilium in Italiam portans victosque Penatis,

Verg. A. 1, 68; 5, 62:

impudens liqui patrios Penatis,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 49:

hostia Mollivit aversos Penates,

id. ib. 3, 23, 19:

iniqui,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

profugos posuistis Penates,

Ov. M. 3, 539; 9, 445; id. Tr. 1, 3, 45:

IVNIANI,

Inscr. Orell. 1587; cf.

, respecting the Penates,

Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68; Varr. and Nigid. ap. Arn. 3, 123; Macr. 3, 4; Serv. Verg. A. 2, 296 and 325.—

Transf., a dwelling, home, hearth (cf. Lares, II.):

Quintius a suis dis penatibus praeceps ejectus,

Cic. Quint. 26, 83; id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

nostris succede penatibus hospes,

Verg. A. 8, 123:

ferro Libycos populare penates,

id. ib. 1, 527:

conducti penates,

Mart. 8, 75, 1:

sub uno tecto esse atque ad eosdem penates,

Liv. 28, 18.—Hence, poet., of the hearth:

flammis adolere penatis,

Verg. A. 1, 704.— Also, of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 155; of the temple of a god, Stat. Th. 1, 643.

thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.

Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.

Lit.:

TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 3247:

thensaurum effodere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

thesaurum defodere... invenire,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

id. Sen. 7, 21:

non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—

Law t. t., treasure trove:

thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—

Trop. (very rare):

thesaurus mali,

a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

thensaurum inde pariunt,

id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —

Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

thensaurus copiarum,

id. As. 3, 3, 67.—

A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).

Lit.:

monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

Liv. 39, 50, 3:

Proserpinae,

id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—

Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

apertis thesauris suis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—

Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

thesauri argumentorum,

Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—

The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.

thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.

Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.

Lit.:

TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 3247:

thensaurum effodere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

thesaurum defodere... invenire,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

id. Sen. 7, 21:

non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—

Law t. t., treasure trove:

thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—

Trop. (very rare):

thesaurus mali,

a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

thensaurum inde pariunt,

id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —

Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

thensaurus copiarum,

id. As. 3, 3, 67.—

A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).

Lit.:

monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

Liv. 39, 50, 3:

Proserpinae,

id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—

Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

apertis thesauris suis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—

Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

thesauri argumentorum,

Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—

The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.

* * *

rĕcĭdo, reccidi (better than recidi; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14), cāsum (recasurus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 12; Suet. Aug. 96; Gai. Inst. 1, 127), 3 (with e long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.;

prob., also,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), v. n., to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).

Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora, Lucr. 1, 1063:

quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,

had sprung back, recoiled, id. Div. 1, 54, 123:

quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,

Ov. M. 10, 180:

etiam si recta recciderat (navis),

Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44 et saep.:

in collum Benjamin,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.:

amictum recidentem,

Quint. 11, 3, 162.—

Trop., to fall back, return:

in graviorem morbum recidere,

to relapse, Liv. 24, 29;

so alone: ab his me remediis noli in istam turbam vocare, ne recidam,

Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; cf.:

(quartanae) ne recidant,

Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228:

post interitum Tatii cum ad eum (sc. Romulum) potentatus omnis reccidisset,

Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

praestat in eandem illam recidere fortunam,

id. Sest. 69, 146; cf.:

Syracusae in antiquam servitutem recciderunt,

Liv. 24, 32 fin.:

quippe celebratam Macedonum fortitudinem ad ludibrium reccidisse verebatur,

Curt. 9, 7, 23:

in invidiam,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 1.—So freq. of an evil, to fall back, recoil upon any one, esp. upon the author of it: omnes in te istaec recident contumeliae, * Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54:

ut hujus amentiae poena in ipsum familiamque ejus recidat,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

suspicionem in vosmet ipsos recidere,

id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: hunc casum ad ipsos recidere posse demonstrant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

quae in adversarios recidunt,

Quint. 9, 2, 49:

quod in ipsam recidat,

Ov. M. 6, 212:

consilia in ipsorum caput recidentia,

Liv. 36, 29; cf. Curt. 9, 5, 25:

periculosa et adversa cuncta in illos recasura,

Suet. Aug. 96:

in me haec omnia mala recciderunt,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 36. —

(With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.

With ad:

ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,

Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39:

tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,

to come to naught, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

ad nilum,

Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233:

ad nihil,

id. Att. 4, 16, 12.—

With in, Lucr. 5, 280:

quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,

Liv. 44, 31 fin.:

omnis impensa in cassum recidat,

Col. 4, 3, 5:

mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,

Ov. M. 10, 18.—

With an adv. of direction:

huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus... in foro virgis caederetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

eo regiae majestatis imperium,

Liv. 4, 2:

eo res,

Quint. 2, 10, 3:

illuc, ut, etc.,

Juv. 12, 54:

ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,

Liv. 30, 42:

pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,

id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2:

quorsum responsum recidat,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.

rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

vepres,

Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.:

malleolos ad imum articulum,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:

sceptrum imo de stirpe,

Verg. A. 12, 208;

for which: laurum imā stirpe,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.):

ceras inanes,

empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241:

hirsutam barbam falce,

Ov. M. 13, 766:

caput,

id. ib. 9, 71:

immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,

id. ib. 1, 191:

pollicem alicui,

Quint. 8, 5, 12:

comas,

Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf.

capillos,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.:

ungues,

Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106:

columnas,

to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4:

fustes,

id. ib. 3, 6, 40:

ancile ab omni parte recisum,

Ov. F. 3, 377:

mella,

i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.—

Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,

cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.:

fulgorem sideribus,

to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310:

gramina morsu,

to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.—

Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish:

perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,

Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55:

inanem loquacitatem,

id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa [p. 1532] ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447:

omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,

id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

mercedes scaenicorum,

Suet. Tib. 34 init.:

armaturas mirmillonum,

to lessen, id. Calig. 55:

ornandi potestatem,

Quint. 2, 16, 4:

facultatem aliter acquirendi,

id. 12, 7, 10:

impedimenta,

to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf.

occupationes,

Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.:

culpam supplicio,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.:

cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and:

aliquid priscum ad morem,

i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief:

opus,

Vell. 2, 89, 1:

ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.— Comp.:

tempus recisius (opp. longius),

Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

cēra, ae, f. [Sanscr. kar-, to scatter, throw away; cf. Gr. krinô; Lat. cerno; Gr. kêros; cf. sincerus], wax, Lucr. 6, 516; 6, 966; Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177: id. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; Col. 9, 15, 8; 9, 16, 1; Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 83 sq. et saep.; Verg. E. 2, 32.—In plur., the wax cells of the hives, Verg. G. 4, 57; 4, 162; 4, 241; Col. 9, 15; 9, 7 sq.; Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 118 al.—

Meton., acc. to its diff. uses.

Most freq., a writing-tablet covered with wax, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 59; id. Curc. 3, 40; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 62; Ov. M. 9, 521; Liv. 1, 24, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 27; 10, 3, 31; 11, 2, 32; Suet. Caes. 83 al. —Hence, prima, secunda, etc., cera, the first, etc., leaf or page, Suet. Ner. 17; Hor. S. 2, 5, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92.—

A seal of wax, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Fl. 16, 37; Ov. Am. 2, 15, 16; Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137.—

A waxen image of an ancestor, a wax figure:

cera illa (sc. majorum imaginum) atque figura,

Sall. J. 4, 6; Ov. F. 1, 591; Juv. 8, 19; cf.:

expressi cerā voltus,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6.—

Wax used in encaustic painting, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4 Schneid.; Plin. 35, 7, 31, § 49; id. 35, 11, 39, § 122; and 35, 11, 41, § 149; Stat. S. 1, 1, 100.

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cērĕus, a, um, adj. [cera], waxen, of wax.

Prop., Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30:

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.—

Meton.

Wax-colored:

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.—

Pliant, soft, like wax:

bracchia Telephi,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 2.—Hence,

Trop., easily moved or persuaded:

cereus in vitium flecti,

Hor. A. P. 163.

cērĕus, i, m., v. 1. cereus, I. B.