ceromate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ceroma, ceromatis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
layer of mud put down for wrestling; the_ring; wrestler; wax ointment (L+S);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...petit Inachidos limina? Ne futuat. Cur Lacedaemonio luteum ceromate corpus perfundit gelida Virgine? Ne futuat. cum sic feminei..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nudi stipitis ictus hebes, uara nec in lento ceromate bracchia tendis, non harpasta uagus puluerulenta rapis, sed curris..."- L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...athletarum fatum mihi illo die perpetiendum fuit: a ceromate nos haphe excepit in crypta Neapolitana. Nihil illo carcere..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...dierum partem in aeruginosis lamellis consumit? qui in ceromate (nam, pro facinus! ne Romanis quidem uitiis laboramus) spectator..."