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incero

incero

to smear

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What it meant

in-cēro — Lewis & Short

in-cēro, no

I perf., ātum, 1, v. a. incero, to smear or cover over with wax: canaliculum, Cels. 8, 8, § 1. — Poet.: genua deorum, i. e. to smear the knees of the gods by constant embraces and kisses; to be persistent in prayers, Juv. 10, 55 (cf. Prud. cont. Symm. 1, 203; others explain, to attach waxen tablets, containing written prayers, to the knees of the statues of gods; cf.: tacitas preces in templo deis allegasti, App. Mag. 54, p. 309); so, genua Dianae, Prud. Apoth. 457: lapides (religio), id. Ham. 404.

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