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1 cēra
cēra ae, f [2 CER-], wax: fingere e cerā: calamos cerā coniungere, V. — Meton., plur, the wax cells (of bees), V. — A writing-tablet, leaf of wood covered with wax: ex illis tabulis cerāve recitata, L.: vacua, O.: prima, the first leaf, H.: extrema.— A seal (of wax), C., O.—A waxen image, wax figure, family portrait: veteres, Iu., S.* * *wax, beeswax; honeycomb; wax-covered writing tablet, letter; wax image/seal -
2 cera
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.—II.Meton., acc. to its diff. uses.A.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.—B.A seal of wax, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Fl. 16, 37; Ov. Am. 2, 15, 16; Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137.—C.A waxen image of an ancestor, a wax figure:D.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. -
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.
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