cēra Copy link Outline I. wax, Lucr. 6, 516; 6, 966; Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177 ...II. Meton., acc. to its diff. uses.A. Most freq., a writing-tablet covered with wax ...B. A seal of wax, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 96 ...C. A waxen image of an ancestor, a wax figure ...D. Wax used in encaustic painting, Varr. ... ⓘcēra: fem nom/voc sgcērā: fem abl sg • cēra, ae, f. [Sanscr. kar-, to scatter, throw away; cf. Gr. κρίνω; Lat. cerno; Gr. κηρός; cf. sincerus], I. 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: 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.— D. 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.
cēro Copy link ⓘcērā: pres imperat act 2nd sg • cēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cera], to cover, overlay, or smear with wax, to wax: dolia, Col. 12, 52, 15.—More freq. in part. pass.: cerata tabula, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 18: tabella, * Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. Dig. 32, 52: pennae, * Hor. C. 4, 2, 2: taedae, Ov. H. 7, 23: rates, id. ib. 5, 42; cf. puppes, id. R. Am. 447.
cēra Copy link Outline 1 cire : enduire de cire2 cire à cacheter : nous avons constaté que cette pièce était cachetée ...3 tablette à écrire, page : les tablettes sont très commodes pour écrire ...4 pl., statues en cire : || portraits en cire : vieilles figures ...5 [poét.] cellules des abeilles : cellules vides6 peinture encaustique : . ⓘcēra: fem nom/voc sgcērā: fem abl sg • cēra, æ, f. (κηρός), 1. cire : cera circumlinere Cic. Tusc. 1, 108, enduire de cire 2. cire à cacheter : in illo testimonio ceram esse vidimus Cic. Fl. 37, nous avons constaté que cette pièce était cachetée à la cire 3. tablette à écrire, page : scribitur optime ceris Quint. 10, 3, 31, les tablettes sont très commodes pour écrire ; primæ duæ ceræ Suet. Nero 17, les deux premières pages ; extrema cera Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 92, le bas de la page 4. pl., statues en cire : Cic. Nat. 1, 71 || portraits en cire : ceræ veteres Juv. 8, 19, vieilles figures de cire [bustes des aïeux] 5. [poét.] cellules des abeilles : ceræ inanes Virg. G. 4, 241, cellules vides 6. peinture encaustique : Plin. 35, 49.
cērō Copy link ⓘcērā: pres imperat act 2nd sg • cērō, ātum, āre (cera), tr., frotter de cire : Col. Rust. 12, 52, 15.
cera Copy link ⓘcēra: fem nom/voc sgcērā: fem abl sg CERA, ae. f. [κηρὸς] Opus illud apum, quod relinquitur melle expresso fauis. […] 🗁 Page Scan
cero Copy link ⓘcērā: pres imperat act 2nd sg CERO, are. [κηρόω, Vet. Gloss.] Cera linere. Columel. 12, 50 Nam fere sexta quaque oliuitate dolia cerari oportere antiqui dixerunt, etc.