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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.

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