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cē̆drĕlătē, ēs, f., = κεδρελἀτη, the cedar, fir-tree, a large kind of cedar, Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 53; 24, 5, 11, § 17.

* cē̆drĕus, a, um, adj. [cedrus], of cedar: oleum, Vitr. 2, 9.

† cē̆drĭa, ae, f., = κεδρία, the pitch or resin from cedar, Col. 6, 32, 1; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 47; 32, 7, 24, § 70 al.

† cē̆drĭnus, a, um, adj., = κἐδρινος, of cedar-wood, cedar-: trabes, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 213: Apollo, id. 13, 5, 11, § 53: oleum, id. 32, 7, 24, § 76.

† cē̆dris, ĭdis, f., = κεδρίς, the fruit or berry of the cedar, Plin. 24, 5, 12, § 20.

† cē̆drĭum, ii, n., = κέδριον, cedar-oil, Plin. 16, 11, 21, § 52; Vitr. 2, 9, 13.

† cedrostis, acc. cedrostim, f., = κέδρωστις, one of the names of the white vine, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 21.

† cē̆drus, i, f., = κέδρος,

  1. I. the cedar, juniper-tree: Juniperus oxycedrus, Linn., which has a very fragrant wood, and furnishes an oil that protects from decay, Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 52; 16, 40, 76, § 203; Col. 9, 4, 3; Vitr. 2, 9, 13.
    Of cedar-wood, Verg. G. 3, 414; id. A. 7, 13; 7, 178; Curt. 5, 7, 5; 8, 10, 8; Suet. Calig. 37.
    Hence,
  2. II. Meton., cedar-oil (with which the backs of books were usually anointed to preserve them from moths and decay): liber flavus cedro, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 13: perunctus cedro, Mart. 3, 2, 7; cf. Becker, Gall. 2, p. 219.
    Hence, poet.: carmina linenda cedro, i. e. worthy of immortality, Hor. A. P. 332: cedro digna locutus, Pers. 1, 42.

Gedrōsi or Cedrōsi, ōrum, m., = Γεδρωσοὶ and Γαδρωσοί or Γαδρώσιοι, a people of Asia, in the modern Mekran, Mel. 3, 8, 4; Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 78; called also Gedrōsii (Cedr-), Curt. 9, 10, 3; and Gedrūsi, Plin. 6, 23, 25, § 94 sq.
Gedrōsĭa (Cedr-), ae, f., the country of the Gedrosi: Γεδρωσία or Κεδρωσία, Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.