cereos
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;
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →cereus, cerei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wax light, taper, candle;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...esui et potui forent, sed thus quoque et cereos in penu esse, quod esset eius ferme rei causa..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...funere absunt et quidem acerboqui ad faces et cereos uiuunt? Hanc uitam agere eodem tempore multos meminimus, inter..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...istorum funera, tamquam minimum uixerint, ad faces et cereos ducenda sunt. Seneca the YoungerThe Latin Library The Classics..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...dulci defruta vel lutosa caeno? quantum nec dare cereos olentes, cultellum tenuesve codicillos? ollares, rogo, non licebat uvas..."