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caerĭmōnĭa (cērĭ-; scanned cĕrīmōnĭa, Prud. c. Symm. praef. 1, 5), ae, f. (collat. form caerĭmōnĭum, ii, n., Gloss. Lat. pp. 50, 69 Hild.; Inscr. Orell. 3188) [kindr. with Sanscr. root kri, = facere; cf. also creo. cerus, Ceres. strictly sacred work, divine rite; cf. Bopp, Gloss. p. 79, a; Pott, I. p. 219; Mommsen, Unterit. Dial.], the sacred. the divine, that which has reference to the Deity (in class. prose)

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Objectively, sacredness, sanctity (in this sense rare, and only in sing.): sanctitas regum, et caerimonia deorum. Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 6: legationis. Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; Tac. A. 4, 64 fin.: 3, 61: loci. id. ib. 14, 22 fin.
    2. B. Subjectively, a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration of the Deity (external; while religio has regard both to internal and external reverence for God; rare except in sing.). Cic. Inv 2. 22, 66; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14. § 36; id. Leg. 2, 22. 55; 2, 53, 161: sacra summā religione caerimoniāque conficere. id. Balb. 24. 55: so id. Har Resp. 10, 21; 17, 37: Nep. Them. 8, 4; Liv. 29. 18, 2; 40, 4, 9; Gell. 4. 9. 9; Tac. A. 4, 55’ esse in magnā caerimoniā. to be held in great veneration, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 135; also plur.: habere aliquid in caerimoniis. id. 37, 7, 28, § 100.
  2. II. Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a religious usage, a sacred rite, religious ceremony (while ritus designates both religious and profane rites: so esp. freq. in the histt. and mostly in plur.): Ceres et Libera. quarum sacra … longe maximis atque occultissimis caerimoniis continentur. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187: religiones vero caerimoniaeque omnium sacrorum fanorumque violatae. id. ib. 2. 1. 3. § 7: in sacerdotio caerimoniisque diligentissimus. id. Rab. Perd. 10, 27: sepulcrorum, id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: caelestes. Liv 1, 20, 4 and 7’ polluere. id. 6, 41, 9; Tac. H. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 74: fetiales. Liv. 9, 11, 8: auspiciaque, id. 22, 9, 7; Flor. 1, 2, 2: novae, Tac. A. 1, 54: vetustissimae. id. ib. 1. 62: deorum, id. ib. 3, 60; 16, 28; publicae, id. H. 2, 91; Suet. Caes. 6: an tiquae. id. Aug. 31: peregrinae, veteres ac praeceptae, id. ib. 93: externae, id. Tib. 36.
    In sing.: collatis militaribus signis, quo more eorum gravissima caerimonia continetur, Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 94 med.

Caeroesi (Caeraes-), ōrum, m., a Belgian tribe, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; called Ce-rosi, Oros. 6, 7

Cărambis (Cēr-), is, f., = Κάραμβις, a promontory and town of the same name in Paphlagonia, now Kerempi Bukna, or Kerembeh, Mel. 1, 19, 8; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Val. Fl. 5, 107; acc. Carambin, id. 8, 214.
Adj.: Cărambĭcus, a, um, Mel. 2, 1, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 86.

cēra, ae, f. [Sanscr. kar-, to scatter, throw away; cf. Gr. κρίνω; Lat. cerno; Gr. κηρός; cf. sincerus],

  1. I. wax, Lucr. 6, 516; 6, 966; Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177: id. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; Col. 9, 15, 8; 9, 16, 1; Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 83 sq. et saep.; Verg. E. 2, 32.
    In plur., the wax cells of the hives, Verg. G. 4, 57; 4, 162; 4, 241; Col. 9, 15; 9, 7 sq.; Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 118 al.
  2. II. Meton., acc. to its diff. uses.
    1. A. Most freq., a writing-tablet covered with wax, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 59; id. Curc. 3, 40; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 62; Ov. M. 9, 521; Liv. 1, 24, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 27; 10, 3, 31; 11, 2, 32; Suet. Caes. 83 al.
      Hence, prima, secunda, etc., cera, the first, etc., leaf or page, Suet. Ner. 17; Hor. S. 2, 5, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92.
    2. B. A seal of wax, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Fl. 16, 37; Ov. Am. 2, 15, 16; Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137.
    3. C. A waxen image of an ancestor, a wax figure: cera illa (sc. majorum imaginum) atque figura, Sall. J. 4, 6; Ov. F. 1, 591; Juv. 8, 19; cf.: expressi cerā voltus, Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6.
    4. D. Wax used in encaustic painting, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4 Schneid.; Plin. 35, 7, 31, § 49; id. 35, 11, 39, § 122; and 35, 11, 41, § 149; Stat. S. 1, 1, 100.

† cērăchātes, ae, m., = κηραχάτης, a precious stone, the wax-agate (so called from its color), Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 139.

Cĕrambus, i, m., = Κέραμβος, a mythological person, changed, in the time of the flood of Deucalion, into a beetle, Ov. M. 7, 353.

1. Cĕrămīcus, i, m., = Κεραμεικός (the pot-maker), the name of two places, one within and the other without Athens; in the latter were the monuments and statues of heroes that had fallen in war, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39; id. Leg. 2, 26, 64; Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 1, 10, 1; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20; 37, 12, 45, § 155 (cf. Pausan. 1, 29, 2 Siebel. and Meurs. in Thes. Gron. iv. p. 1006 sq.).

2. Cĕrămīcus, a, um, v. Ceramus.

† cĕrămītis, ĭdis, f., = κεραμῖτις, a precious stone of the color of brick, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 153.

Cĕrămus, i, m., = Κέραμος, a town on the coast of Caria, after which the Ceramicus Sinus (now the Gulf of Kos) is named, Mel. 1, 16, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 29, §§ 107 and 109.

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.

† cĕrăs, ătis, n., = κέρας (a horn),

  1. I. a kind of wild parsnip, App. Herb. 80.
  2. II. Hesperion Ceras, = Ἑσπέριον κέρας, a mountain on the west coast of Libya, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 197.

† cĕrăsĭnus, a, um, adj., = κεράσινος, cherry-colored: cingulum, Petr. 28, 8: tunica, id. 67, 4.

† cĕrastes, ae or is, m., = κεράστης (horned).

  1. I. A horned serpent, the cerastes: Coluber cerastes, Linn.; Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85; 11, 37, 45, § 126; Luc. 9, 716; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27; Cels. 5, 27, 7; as an attrib. of the hair of the Furies, Stat. Th. 1, 103; 11, 65; Claud. ap. Rufin. 1, 96; id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 346.
  2. II. A kind of horned worm injurious to trees, Plin. 16, 41, 80, § 220; 17, 24, 37, § 221.
  3. III. As nom. propr.: Cĕrastae, ārum, m., acc. to the fable, a horned people in Cyprus, changed by Venus into bullocks, Ov. M. 10, 222 sq.

cĕrăsum, i, n., v. 1. cerasus, II.

1. cĕrăsus, i, f., = κέρασος,

  1. I. the cherrytree, brought by Lucullus from Cerasus, in Pontus, to Italy, Varr. R. R. 1, 39, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 18; Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102; Col. 11, 2, 96; Ov. Nuc. 32 al.
  2. II. A cherry, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 15; in prose, instead of it, neutr.: cĕrăsum, i, Cels. 2, 24, 27; Pall. Oct. 12, 7 al.
    Of doubtful gender: ceraso, Pers. 6, 36: cerasorum, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102; 15, 28, 34, § 112.

2. Cĕrăsūs, untis, f., = Κερασοῦς, a town in Pontus, where the cherry is native (v. 1. cerasus), now Keresun, Mel. 1, 19, 11; Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.

† cĕrătĭa, ae, f., = κερατία, a plant with a single leaf, Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52.

† cĕrătĭas, ae, m., = κερατίας, a kind of comet resembling a horn, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90.

† cĕrătĭna, ae, f., = κερατίνα, the sophistical argument concerning horns (quod non perdidisti habes; cornua non perdidisti: habes igitur cornua, Gell. 18, 2, 8; cf. Sen. Ep. 45, 7), Quint. 1, 10, 5 Spald.; Front. Eloq. p. 86 Nieb.

† cĕrătītis, ĭdis, f., = κερατῖτις (horned), a kind of wild poppy, Plin. 20, 19, 78, § 205.

† cĕrătĭum, ii, n., = κεράτιον (St. John’s bread), a Greek weight corresponding to the Latin siliqua = 2. calculi, Auct. Ponder. in Goes. Agrar. p. 322 (in Col. 5, 10, 20, and Arb. 25, 1, written as Greek).

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.

* cērātūra, ae, f. [cera], a smearing over or covering with wax, Col. 12, 50, 16.

cērātus, a, um, Part., from cero.

† cĕraula, ae, m., = κεραύλης, a hornblower, corneter, App. M. 8, p. 213; id. Flor. 4, p. 342.

cĕraunĭa, v. ceronia.

† cĕraunĭus, a, um, adj., = κεραύνιος (pertaining to thunder or lightning).

  1. I. Gemma (also cĕraunĭum, Claud. Laud. Ser. 77; and: cĕraunus, Prud. Psych. 470), a precious stone, perh. a kind of onyx, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 134 sq.; or a meteoric stone, id. 37, 10, 65, § 176; Lampr. Elag. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2510: gemma, Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 67 and 75.
  2. II. Vites, of a red color, Col. 3, 2, 1: uvae, Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17.
  3. III. Nom. propr.: Cĕraunĭi, m.
    1. A. (Also Cĕrau-nĭa, ōrum, n., Verg. G. 1, 332; id. A. 3, 506; Prop. 1, 8, 19; and Cĕraunum saxum, id. 2 (3), 16, 3.) Κεραύνια ὄρη, a ridge of mountains in Epirus, on the borders of Grecian Illyria, now Monti della Chimœra or Kimara, Mel. 2, 3, 10: a Cerauniis montibus, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119: Cerauniorum saxa, Caes. B. C. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 17; Flor. 2, 9, 4.
    2. B. A mountain in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 3, 5, 4; called Ceraunius mons, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Mart. Cap. 6, § 683.
    3. C. Ceraunius saltus, a mountain in Libya, Mel. 3, 8, 10.

† Cĕraunŏbŏlĭa, ae, f., = Κεραυνοβολία, the hurling of the thunderbolts, a painting of Apelles (acc. -an), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 96.

1. cĕraunus, a, um, v. ceraunius.

2. Cĕraunus, i, m., = Κεραυνός, cognomen of king Ptolemœus, of Macedonia, son of Ptolemœus Lagi, Nep. Reg. 3, 4.

Cerbĕrion, ii, n., ancient name of the town Cimmerium, on the Cimmerian Bosphorus, Plin. 6, 6, 6, § 18.

Cerbĕrus (-ros), i, m., = Κέρβερος,

  1. I. the three- (acc. to others, the hundred-) headed monster Cerberus, Lucr. 3, 10; 3, 24; Verg. G. 4, 483; id. A. 6, 417; Prop. 3 (4), 5, 44; Hor. C. 2, 19, 29; 3, 11, 17; Ov. M. 4, 450; Hyg. Fab. 151 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 400; Hor. C. 2, 13, 34); Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10 al.
    Hence,
  2. II. Cerbĕrĕus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cerberus: facies canum, Lucr. 4, 735: os, Ov. M. 4, 501: latratus, Stat. S. 5, 1, 249: portae, i. e. of the Lower World, id. Th. 8, 56.

Cercasōrum, i, n., = Κερκάσωρον, a city of Egypt, now El-Arkas, Mel. 1, 9, 2.

‡ cercēris, a bird living in the water and on land, Varr. L. L. 5, 13, 23 Speng. N. cr. (Müll. § 79, κερκουρίς).

Cercĕtae, arum, m., a people of Pontus, Plin. 6, 5, 5, § 16; Mel. 1, 2, 5 al.

Cercĕtĭus, ii, m., a southern spur of Mount Pindus in Thessaly, Liv. 32, 14, 7; cf. Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30.

Cercīna, ae, f., = Κέρκινα, an island off the east coast of Africa, with a town of the same name, now Kerkein or Kerkena, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41; Auct. B. Afr. 34; Liv. 33, 48, 11; Tac. A. 1, 53; 4, 13; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 42.
The inhabitants, Cercīnātes, Auct. B. Afr. 34.

Cercinītis, ĭdis, f., a small island very near Cercina, connected with it by a bridge, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41.

Cercinium, i, n., a town of Thessaly, Liv. 31, 41, 1 and 3.

† cercītis, ĭdis, f., = κερκῖτις, a species of olive-tree, Col. 5, 8, 3.

Cercius, ii, v. Circius.

Cerco, ōnis, m., a Roman cognomen, Liv. 42, 6 init.

‡ cercolips, v. corcholopis.

† cercŏpĭthēcus, i, m., = κερκοπίθηκος,

  1. I. a monkey with a tail, Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 26; Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Mart. 14, 202; 14, 128; divine honors were paid to it by the Egyptians, Juv. 15, 4.
    Acc. cercopithecon, Mart. 7, 87, 4.
  2. II. A proper name, Suet. Ner. 30.

† cercōps, ōpis, m., = κέρκωψ.

  1. I. A species of long-tailed apes, Manil. 4, 664; cf. Amm. 22, 14, 3.
  2. II. The name of a Pythagorean philosopher, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107.
  3. III. Cercōpes, um, m., = Κέρκωπες, a cunning, trickish people on the island of Pithecusa, changed by Jupiter into monkeys, Ov. M. 14, 92.

† cercūrus (cercȳrus), i, m., = κέρκουρος,

  1. I. a kind of light vessel peculiar to the Cyprians, Plaut. Merc. prol. 86; id. Stich. 2, 2, 44; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 533, 27; Liv. 33, 19, 10; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.
  2. II. A sea-fish, Ov. Hal. 102; Plin. 32, 11, 54, § 152.

Cercyo, ŏnis, m., = Κερκυών,

  1. I. a celebrated robber in Attica, conquered and slain by Theseus at Eleusis, Ov. M. 7, 439; Hyg. Fab. 187; Gell. 15, 21, 1.
    Acc. Gr. Cercyona, Stat. Th. 12, 577.
    Hence,
  2. II. Cercyŏnē-us, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cercyon: corpora, Ov. Ib. 410.

cercȳrus, i, v. cercurus, II.

Cerdiciates, ium, m., a people of Liguria, Liv. 32, 29, 7.

† cerdo, ōnis, m., = κέρδων [κέρδος],

  1. I. a handicraftsman, Juv. 4, 153; 8, 182: sutor, a cobbler, Mart. 3, 59; cf. id. 3, 16.
  2. II. A proper name, esp. of slaves, Dig. 38, 1, 42; Inscr. Orell. 4161.

Cĕrĕālis (Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

  1. I. Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture: nemus, sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741: sacrum, id. Am. 3, 10, 1: Eleusin, id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4: Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute), Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314: cenae, i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25: sulci, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11: munera, id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639: dona, id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.: dona Cereris, id. M. 5, 655): herbae, id. F. 4, 911: libum, id. ib. 1, 127: semina, id. M. 1, 123: culmus, Verg. G. 2, 517: arma, i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177: solum, i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin.
    Hence,
    1. B. Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.: Cerealia ludi, Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.
  2. II. A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

‡ Cĕrĕālĭtas, ātis, f. [Cerealis], the office of a Cereal edile, Inscr. Orell. 3994.

cĕrĕbellāre, is, n. [cerebellum], a brain-covering, i. e. a head-covering; only Veg. 3, 7, 1; 3, 11, 3; 3, 12, 6; 5, 32, 3.

cĕrĕbellum, i, n. dim. [cerebrum], a small brain, Cels. 2, 18; Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 100; 30, 13, 38, § 112; * Suet. Vit. 13.
Figuratively, Petr. 76, 1.

cĕrĕbrōsus, a, um, adj. [cerebrum], having a madness of the brain, hare-brained, hotbrained, passionate, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 22, 8 sq.: unus, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 21 (but Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36, ellebosus).
Of animals: boves, Col. 2, 11, 11.

cĕrē̆brum (per tmesin: saxo cerecomminuit-brum, Enn. ap. Don. p. 1777 P., and ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 412), i, n. [root kar- of κάρη, v. celsus init.; and root bharof φέρω, fero; cf. Corss. Beitr. p. 354],

  1. I. the brain, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 19; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 32; 5, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 413; 9, 419; Lucr. 6, 804; Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19; Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133 sq.; 33, 6, 34, § 102 et saep.
    1. B. Meton., understanding, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 30; Hor. S. 2, 3, 75; Phaedr. 1, 7, 2; Suet. Calig. 50.
      Anger, choler, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25; cf. id. Bacch. 2, 3, 17: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem! ( = cerebrosus, passionate), Hor. S. 1, 9, 11.
  2. * II. Transf. to plants, the pith in the upper part, Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 36.

Cērellia (Caer-), ae, f., a Roman lady mentioned in the letters of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 1; id. Att. 12, 51, 3.

* cērĕŏlus, a, um, adj. dim. [cereus], of the color of wax: pruna, Col. 10, 404 (in Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41, called cerina).

Cĕrēs (cf. Verg. G. 1, 96; Ov. F. 4, 615; Mart. 3, 58, 6), ĕris

    (
  1. I. gen. CERERVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 626, 225; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [Sabini Cererem panem appellant, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 7; prop. the goddess of creation (cf. Serv. l. l.), from the stem cer, Sanscr. kri, to make], the daughter of Saturn and Ops, Ov. F. 6, 285, sister of Jupiter and Pluto, mother of Proserpine, goddess of agriculture, esp. of the cultivation of corn, and of the growth of fruits in gen. (cf. Cerealis); represented as upon a chariot drawn by dragons, with a torch in her hand, and crowned with poppies or ears of corn, Ov. F. 4, 497; 4, 561; 3, 786; 4, 616; id. Am. 3, 10, 3; Tib. 1, 1, 15; 2, 1, 4; Verg. G. 1, 96; Hor. C. S. 30; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. § 357 sq.: templum Desertae Cereris, deserted (because the temple was in a solitary, secluded place), Verg. A. 2, 714: Cereri nuptias facere, i. e. without wine, Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 343.
    From the names of places where she was worshipped, called Ceres Hennensis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107; Lact. 2, 4, 28: Catinensis, id. l. l.: Eleusina, id. 1, 21, 24: Milesia, id. 2, 7, 19; cf. Val. Max. 1, 1, ext. 5.
    1. B. Ceres profunda or inferna, i. e. Proserpina, Stat. Th. 4, 460; 5, 156; cf.: sacerdos Cererum, Inscr. Orell. 6082.
  2. II. Meton., food, bread, fruit, corn, grain, etc., Fest. s. v. cocus, p. 45; cf.: fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; Verg. G. 1, 297; id. A. 1, 177; 1, 701; Hor. C. 3, 24, 13; id. Epod. 16, 43; Ov. M. 3, 437; 8, 292; 11, 112 al.
    Prov.: sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60.

1. cērĕus, a, um, adj. [cera], waxen, of wax.

  1. I. Prop., Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30: effigies, Hor. S. 1, 8, 30: imago, id. ib. 1, 8, 43; id. Epod. 17, 76; cf. id. Ep. 2, 1, 265: castra, cells of wax, honey-comb, Verg. A. 12, 589; cf. regna, waxen realms, id. G. 4, 202: simul acra, Ov. H. 6, 91.
    1. B. Subst.: cē-rĕus, i, m. (sc. funis), a waxlight, wax taper, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; Sen. Ep. 122, 10; id. Brev. Vit. 20, 5; id. Tranq. 11, 7. Such waxlights were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia, Fest.s.v. cereos, p. 54 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 7 and 11; Mart. 5, 18.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. Wax-colored: pruna, Verg. E. 2, 53; cf. Ov. M. 13, 818: abolla, Mart. 4, 53: turtur, id. 3, 58: cerei coloris electrum, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 33.
    2. * B. Pliant, soft, like wax: bracchia Telephi, Hor. C. 1, 13, 2.
      Hence,
    3. C. Trop., easily moved or persuaded: cereus in vitium flecti, Hor. A. P. 163.

2. cērĕus, i, m., v. 1. cereus, I. B.

cerevisia, ae, v. cervisia.

†† cerĭa or cerea, ae, f., a Spanish drink, prepared from corn, = celia and cerevisia, Plin. 22, 25, 82, § 164.

* cērĭfĭco, āvi, 1 [cera-facio], lit., to make wax; hence of the purple-fish, to slime over, to prepare a slimy nest for eggs, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133.

Cērillae, ārum, f., = Κηριλλοί, a small town on the sea-coast of Bruttium destroyed by Hannibal, now Cirella Vecchia, Sil. 8, 580.

cērĭmōnia, v. caerimonia.

† cērintha, ae (-ē, ēs, Plin. 21, 12, 41, § 70), f., = κηρινθη, a plant which bees are fond of, wax-flower: Cerinthe major, Linn.; Verg. G. 4, 63; Col. 9, 8, 13.

† cērinthus, i, m., = κήρινθος, beebread, called also erithace or sandaraca, Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.

† cērĭnus, a, um, adj., = κήρινος,

  1. I. waxcolored, yellow like wax: pruna. Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41 sq.: berylli, id. 37, 5, 20, § 77.
  2. II. Subst.: cērĭna, ōrum, n., a wax-colored garment, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 51; cf. Non. p. 548, 33.

‡ cērĭŏlārĭum, ii, or cērĭŏlāre, is, n., a candlestick for wax tapers, Inscr. Orell. 2505 sq.; 2515; Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, 273; Inscr. Orell. 4068.

† cērītis, ĭdis, f., = κηρῖτις, wax-stone, a precious stone, now unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 153.

† cērĭum, ii, n., = κηρίον (v. Liddell and Scott, under the word, II.), a bad species of swelling or ulcer, Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 11; 23, 7, 63, § 119 (in Cels. 5, 28, 13, written as Greek).

Cermălus, i, v. Germalus.

cernentĭa, ae. f., [cernens, cerno], the sight, seeing, opp. to caecitas, Mart. Cap. 4, §§ 384 and 386.

cerno, crēvi, crētum (part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once: cineris bene creti, Pall. 12, 22, 3; but freq. in the compounds of cerno; for the simple part., the orig. form certus also is very rarely used: certā deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est, Liv. 36, 2, 2; v. under II. C., and cf. certus), 3, v. a. [root car- for scar-, to separate; cf. κρίνω; hence, σκώρ, stercus, screo; cf. cera].

  1. I. To separate, sift (rare): per cribrum, Cato. R. R. 107, 1: farinam cribro, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115; cf. id. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Pall. Jun. 1; Veg. 3, 28, 6: in cribris omnia cerne cavis, Ov. Med. Fac. 62; cf.: per densa foramina, id. ib. 89: cineris bene creti, well sifted, Pall. Nov. 22.
    Far more freq.,
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To separate, distinguish by the senses, mostly by the eyes, i. e. to perceive, see, discern (syn.: video, conspicio; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. probably in Lucretius, where it is used about a hundred times); rarely by the ears; v. infra: lumen jubarve in caelo cerno? Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; 7, § 76 ib.: sed quis illic est, procul quem video? estne hic Hegio? si satis cerno, is hercle’st, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85: tum porro varios rerum sentimus odores, nec tamen ad nareis venienteis cernimus umquam: nec voces cernere suemus, Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 598: quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni, id. 1, 269; v. also id. 2, 314 sq.; 4, 242; cf. id. 2, 837: acute, id. 4, 811; cf.: cerno acutum, Hor. S. 1, 3, 26: altaria exhalare vapore, Lucr. 3, 432; 2, 928 al.
      Hence, sometimes opp. to hearing: ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur, Nep. Timol. 2, 2; or to mental perception: quem ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus, Cic. Fam. 6, 3, 2: nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus, id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: quae cernere et videre non possumus, id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. id. Rep. 6, 20, 21 sq.: ego Catuli Cumanum ex hoc loco cerno, Pompeianum non cerno, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80: ut ea cernimus quae videmus, id. Mil. 29, 79: omnia sic aperiam, ut ea cernere oculis videamini, id. Clu. 24, 66: coram aliquid, to witness, Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Verg. A. 2, 538: aliquem, Caes. B. G. 6, 21: acies a nostris cernebatur, id. B. C. 3, 69: in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni, Quint. 8, 5, 29: simile quiddam facientes aves cernimus, id. 2, 6, 7: me miserum, turbā quod non ego cernar in illā, Ov. P. 4, 4, 43: Constitit alma Venus, nulli cernenda, id. M. 15, 844; Curt. 8, 13, 16; Tac. A. 1, 59.
      With acc. and inf.: sensumque inesse et motum in membris cerno, Canius ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.: neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres, Sall. C. 2, 3: quos ad resistendum concucurrisse cernebat, * Suet. Caes. 15 fin.: cernis ut insultent Rutuli? Verg. A. 10, 20: cerne quam tenui vos parte contingat, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: cerneres, quanta audacia fuisset, etc., Sall. C. 61, 1.
      Impers. with acc. and inf.: cernebatur, novissimos illorum premi vehementer, Caes. B. C. 1, 64 Herz. N. cr.
      So impers. with rel. -clause: ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur quem detulisset, Nep. Timol. 2, 2.
      Ante-class., of the hearing: vox illius certe est: idem omnes cernimus, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 11, and perh. also, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.
      Hence,
        1. b. Cerni aliquā re or in aliquā re, to become distinguished or known in something: fortis animus et magnus duabus rebus maxime cernitur, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66; so id. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64: atque hae quidem virtutes cernuntur in agendo, Cic. Part. Or. 23, 78; id. Top. 21, 80 (also in Quint. 3, 5, 18).
        2. * c. Have before the mind, have respect to, regard any one: ubi gratus, si non eum ipsi cernunt grati, cui referunt gratiam? Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49.
    2. B. Transf. to intellectual objects, to perceive, comprehend, understand (syn.: intellego, cognosco, perspicio): neque tanta in rebus obscuritas, ut eas (res) non penitus acri vir ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124: jam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 20: (antiquitas) hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat, id. ib. 1, 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; id. Top. 5, 27; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2: quae cum ego non solum suspicarer, sed plane cernerem, id. Agr. 2, 4, 9; id. de Or. 3, 31, 124: ut consuetum facile amorem cerneres, Ter. And. 1, 1, 108.
      Hence,
        1. b. Rarely of future events, to foresee, discern beforehand: cerno animo sepultā in patriā miseros atque insepultos acervos civium, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11: cerno jam animo, quanto omnia uberiora atque ornatiora futura sint, id. Fam. 5, 12, 2.
    3. C. To decide something that is contested or doubtful (judicially), to decree, determine (more rare than decernere): quotcumque senatus creverit populusque jusserit tot sunto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8: quodcumque senatus creverit agunto, id. ib. 3, 3, 8, § 6: jurati cernant. Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 13: illum locum tempusque consilio destinatum quid de Armeniā cernerent, Tac. A. 15, 14: priusquam id sors cerneret, Liv. 43, 12, 2: certā sorte, after the lot was decided, id. 36, 2, 2.
      Hence,
        1. b. To decide by contending or fighting (more rare than the freq. certare, and even in Seneca’s time out of use; cf. Sen. Ep. 58, 3): ferro non auro vitam (acc. respect = de vitā) cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. ap. Non. p. 261, 19, and ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 21: nisi esset qui armis secum vellet cernere, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 17: cernere ferro, Verg. A. 12, 709 (also ap. Sen. Ep. 58, 3); so, cernere certamen, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 15; id. Cas. 3, 1, 2; Lucr. 5, 394: pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis, * Sall. C. 59, 5 Kritz N. cr. (al. certare): seu libeat duplicem sejunctim cernere martem, Tib. 4, 1, 103.
          Humorously, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77.
    4. D. In gen., to decide for something, to conclude upon, resolve (syn.: constituo, decerno; also rare): praesidium castris educere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 5: acribus inter se cum armis confligere, id. ib. p. 261, 6: te mihi amicam esse crevi, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (crevi valet constitui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.); Cat. 64, 150.
      Hence,
    5. E. In judic. lang. t. t., of inheritances.
      1. 1. To resolve to enter upon an inheritance, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.; cf. Tit. 22, 27, and cretio.
      2. 2. To make known this determination, Tit. 22, 28 and 30; Cic. Att. 11, 2, 1.
      3. 3. = adire, to enter upon an inheritance, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 40; Liv. 24, 25, 3; 40, 8, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 79, 2; Quint. Decl. 261; Fest. p. 41.
        1. b. Trop.: debet etiam fratris Appii amorem erga me cum reliquā hereditate crevisse, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10; so id. Fam. 9, 14, 4; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.
          P. a. v. certus.

cernŭālĭa, v. consualia.

cernŭlo, āre, v. a. [cernuo], to throw down: non vertit fortuna sed cernulat et allidit, Sen. Ep. 8, 4.

cernŭlus, a, um, adj. [cernuo], turning a somersault (late Lat.), App. M. 9, p. 235, 28.

cernŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [cernuus], to throw or fall head foremost (only ante- and post-class.), Varr. ap. Non. p. 21, 8; App. M. 1, 19, p. 111, 9; Front. Princ. Hist. 5.
In dep. form: tigres cernuantur, Sol. 17: equus de industriā cernuatus, id. 45.

1. cernŭus, a, um, adj. [root kar, v. celsus; cf. κάρηνον, cerebrum],

  1. I. with the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards (very rare and only poet.): cernuus dicitur proprie inclinatus, quasi quod terram cernit, Non. p. 20, 33 sq.; Lucil. ib. p. 21, 1: ejectoque incumbit cernuus armo, * Verg. A. 10, 894 (v. Serv. ad h. 1.): cernuus inflexo sonipes effuderat armo, Sil. 10, 255 sq.; Arn. 7, p. 246.
    Hence,
  2. II. That turns a somersault; a tumbler, mountebank, κυβιστητήρ, πεταυριστής, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 6; Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 894; cf. Gloss. Philox.: cernuli πεταυρισταί.

2. cernŭus, i, m., a kind of shoe, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 55 Müll., and Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 13.

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.

cērōfĕrārĭus, ii, m. [cera-fero], the waxlight bearer, an attendant at Christian ceremonial worship (eccl. Lat.), Isid. Orig. 7, 12, 29.

‡ Ceroliensis locus, a place in Rome, a part of the Carinœ, Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.

† cērōma, ătis, n.

    (
  1. I. abl. plur. ceromatis, Plin. 35, 13, 47, § 168; acc. plur. ceromas, Arn. 3, 114), = κήρωμα, an ointment for wrestlers, much used in the time of the emperors, Plin. l. l.; 28, 4, 13, § 51; Mart. 4, 19; 7, 32; 14, 50.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. The place for wrestling: in ceromate sedere, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 5.
    2. B. The ring, the combat, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26; Mart. 5, 65, 3 (in Plin. Val. 1, 25 fin., ceromata is perh. = canceromata, a swelling, tumor).

† cērōmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = κηρωματικός, smeared with wax-ointment: collum, Juv. 3. 68.

† cĕrōnĭa (cĕrān-), ae, f., = κερωνία, St. John’s bread, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59.

cerostrota, v. celostratus and cestrotus.

* cērōsus, a, um, adj. [cera], full of wax: mel, Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 27.

cērōtārium, ii, v. ceratum.

cērōtum, i, v. ceratum.

Cerretāni, ōrum, m., an Iberian people of Hispania Tarraconensis, among the Pyrenees, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 22; Sil. 3, 357.
Hence, Cerretānus, a, um, of the Cerretani: perna, Mart. 13, 54, 1.

cerrĕus, a, um, adj. [cerrus], of the Turkey oak: glans, Col. 9, 20, 5; Nigid. ap. Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 25: manubria, Hyg. ib. 16, 43, 84, § 230.

* cerrĭnus, a, um, adj. [cerrus], of the Turkey oak: calix, Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 92.

* cerrītŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [cerritus], somewhat mad, Mart. Cap. 8, § 806.

cerrītus, a, um, adj. [contr. from cĕrĕbrītus, from cerebrum; cf. cerebrosus], having a crazed brain, frantic, mad: cerritus furiosus, Fest. p. 54 Müll. (rare and only poet.), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 44, 31; id. Am. 2, 2, 144; id. Rud. 4, 3, 67; * Hor. S. 2, 3, 278.

‡ cerrones, v. gerrones.

cerrus, i, f., a kind of oak, Turkey oak, Col. 7, 9, 6; Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 17; 16, 6, 8, § 19; Vitr. 2, 8; Pall. 1, 9, 3; id. Febr. 18, 3.

* certābundus, a, um, adj. [2. certo], contending, disputing, App. Mag. p. 288, 23.

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