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cērātum, i (cērōtum, i, Mart. 11, 98; Pall. 1, 41, 3; Veg. 3, 7, 2: cērātōrĭum, ii, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 11; id. Tard. 2, 3; Marc. Emp. 35: cērōtūrĭum, ii, Theod. Prisc. 1, 9), n., = κηρωτόν, a wax plaster, wax salve, wax pomatum, Cels. 4, 4, 2; 4, 4, 20; 4, 4, 24; Col. 7, 7, 4; Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 124; 22, 24, 56, § 117; 26, 14, 87, § 141; Scrib. Comp. 250.

cēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cera], to cover, overlay, or smear with wax, to wax: dolia, Col. 12, 52, 15.
More freq. in part. pass.: cerata tabula, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 18: tabella, * Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. Dig. 32, 52: pennae, * Hor. C. 4, 2, 2: taedae, Ov. H. 7, 23: rates, id. ib. 5, 42; cf. puppes, id. R. Am. 447.