cerei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cereus, cerea, cereum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
waxed, waxen, of/like wax; wax colored/pale yellow; pliant/soft; easily moved;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →cereus, cerei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wax light, taper, candle;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...mortem exigunt.' 'Genium festo vix suo testem.' 'Tenuisve cerei fila et crepacem molam.' 'Focum mater aut uxor investiunt..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...quidam gladiis succincti ac bina iacula gestantes ardentibus cereis succenderunt confestimque circumstantium turba virgulta arida et cum subselliis..."
