ceratas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ceratus, cerata, ceratum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
waxed, wax, of wax, wax colored; coated/fastened/caulked with wax; pliant, soft;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →cero, cerare, ceravi, ceratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
smear/coat with wax;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...epistula quidem ulla sit in aedibus nec cerata adeo tabula; et si qua inutilis pictura sit, eam vendat..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...teneris iactat sua sibila nymphis et leve cerata modulatur harundine carmen ausus Apollineos prae se contemnere cantus, iudice..."
