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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.

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  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.

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

cerostrota, v. celostratus and cestrotus.

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

cērōtārium, ii, v. ceratum.

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.

cērōtum, i, v. ceratum.