ceras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ceras, ceratis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Agriculture
kind of wild parsnip; [Hesperion ~ => mountain on west coast of Lybia];
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →cero, cerare, ceravi, ceratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
smear/coat with wax;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - 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. 2nd - 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. pl. - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vale. TOX. Quid igitur? postquam recitasti quod erat cerae creditum, iam mihi credis? DOR. Vbi nunc illest hospes..." - T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi istoc nomine, dum scribo, explevi totas ceras quattuor. sed quid Lyconem quaeris? Cvrc. Mandatumst mihi..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...rectius. C. Ne interturba. M. Iam imperatum in cera inest. C. Dic quem ad modum. MNES. 'Mnesilochus salutem..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...arbitratus sit, comburas, si velis, ne illi sit cera, ubi facere possit litteras. vocet convivam neminem illa..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...piger ignis erat per stuppea uincula perquemanantis cera tabulas, et tempore eodemtranstraque nautarum summique arsere ceruchi. 495iam prope..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...aequore puppes quam, simul effetas linquunt examina ceras atque oblita faui non miscent nexibus alas sed sibi quaeque..." - C
Agesilaus
Cornelius Nepos
"...Spartam facilius perferre possent, quod mel non habebant, cera circumfuderunt atque ita domum rettulerunt..." - T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cita. CAL. Immo ego tacebo, tu istinc ex cera cita; nam istic meus animus nunc..."
