ceram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ceveo, cevere, cevi, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
move haunches in a lewd or effeminate manner, practice such behavior; fawn;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →cera, cerae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wax, beeswax; honeycomb; wax-covered writing tablet, letter; wax image/seal;
acc. sg. - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quin legis? PS. 'Phoenicium Calidoro amatori suo per ceram et lignum litterasque interpretes salutem mittit et salutem..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Bacchidem, atque ecfer cito PIST. Quid? C. Stilum, ceram et tabellas, linum. P. Iam faxo hic erunt.— MNES..." - D
Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...laudo artificis, si munere tanto praecipuam in tabulis ceram senis abstulit orbi; est ratio ulterior, magnae si misit..." - L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...multos uariosque ante se posuitcelerrime denotat et inter ceram opusque facili uultu ac manu commeat:sic animal..." - L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...summam sapiens eris, si cluseris aures, quibus ceram parum est obdere: firmiore spissamento opus est quam in sociis..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...habent modum. XIII. Denique linum ruptum aut turbatam ceram aut sine agnitore signa frequenter invenies: quae nisi domi..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...verba trementi. dextra tenet ferrum, vacuam tenet altera ceram. incipit et dubitat, scribit damnatque tabellas, et notat..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vaga moverat aura, captabat plumas, flavam modo pollice ceram mollibat lusuque suo mirabile patris impediebat opus. postquam manus..."