Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

† 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.