The corpus record — Latin

cerarius

cerarius · adj

pertaining to wax

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Where it lives

In C. Verrem 2 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

cērārĭus — Lewis & Short

cērārĭus, a, um, adj.cera,

I pertaining to wax, only subst.

I Cerarius, ii, m.

A *khropw/lhs, a dealer in wax, Gloss. Gr. Lat. —

B A writer upon wax tablets, Inscr. Orell. 4109.—*

II cērārĭa, ae, f., she who makes wax-lights, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 101 dub.—*

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.

In the wild

cerarium Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.181
cerario Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.181

Where it came from

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