Lewis & Short

cērārĭus, a, um, adj. [cera], pertaining to wax, only subst.

  1. I. Cerarius, ii, m.
    1. A. Κηροπώλης, a dealer in wax, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
    2. B. A writer upon wax tablets, Inscr. Orell. 4109.
  2. * II. cērārĭa, ae, f., she who makes wax-lights, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 101 dub.
  3. * III. cērārĭum, ii, n., wax-money, a revenue either for wax used in waxen tablets, or, perhaps, as a fee for affixing a seal, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181.