κηρός

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ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκήςeven the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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Transliteration A: kērós Transliteration B: kēros Transliteration C: kiros Beta Code: khro/s

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A bees-wax, Od.12.48, Theoc.1.27, etc.; honeycomb, Id.20.27; εὐπλαστότερον κηροῦ Pl.R.588d; used as a cosmetic, Philostr. Ep.22; in encaustic painting, IG42 (1).102.272 (Epid., iv B.C.), 14.1320; for writing tablets, POxy.736.16 (i A.D.), etc.: hence λόγους εἰς γραμμάτιον καὶ κηρὸν ἐρχομένους Lib.Ep.886.1.    2 sealing-wax, Luc.Alex.21.    3 κ. Τυρρηνικός white wax used in medicine, Gal.13.411, Dsc.1.70.    II pl.κηροί wax tapers, Hld.9.11. (Panhellenic η, IG42.l.c., Theoc.Il.cc., cf. κήρινος, κηρόδετος, κηροχυτέω; Lat. cera.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1434] ὁ, Wachs; Od. 12, 48. 173; εὐπλαστότερον κηροῦ Plat. Rep. IX, 588 d; Folgende. Im plur. Wachskerzen, Heliod. 9, 11.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κηρός: ὁ, τὸ κηρίον τῶν μελισσῶν, Ὀδ. Μ. 48, 173, 175, κτλ.· εὐπλαστότερος κηροῦ Πλάτ. Πολ. 588D· ἐν χρήσει ὡς κοσμητικόν, Φιλοστρ. Ἐπιστ. 22, πρβλ. Ὀβιδ. Ars Am. 3. 199· εἰς ἐγκαυστικὴν ζωγραφίαν, Ἑλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 673. 2., 722. 3, πρβλ. κηρογραφία. ΙΙ. πληθ. κηροί, λαμπάδες ἐκ κηροῦ, Λατ. cerei, Ἡλιόδ. 9. 11. (Ἐντεῦθεν κηρίον· πρβλ. Λατ. cera, Λιθ. kóris (favus).)