cereus
ὁ δ' εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ → but he who does well to the gods cheers his heart with a more glorious hope
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cērĕus: a, um, adj. cera,
I waxen, of wax.
I Prop., Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30: effigies, Hor. S. 1, 8, 30: imago, id. ib. 1, 8, 43; id. Epod. 17, 76; cf. id. Ep. 2, 1, 265: castra, cells of wax, honey-comb, Verg. A. 12, 589; cf. regna, waxen realms, id. G. 4, 202: simul acra, Ov. H. 6, 91.—
B Subst.: cē-rĕus, i, m. (sc. funis), a waxlight, wax taper, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; Sen. Ep. 122, 10; id. Brev. Vit. 20, 5; id. Tranq. 11, 7. Such waxlights were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia, Fest.s.v. cereos, p. 54 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 7 and 11; Mart. 5, 18.—
II Meton.
A Wax-colored: pruna, Verg. E. 2, 53; cf. Ov. M. 13, 818: abolla, Mart. 4, 53: turtur, id. 3, 58: cerei coloris electrum, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 33.—*
B Pliant, soft, like wax: bracchia Telephi, Hor. C. 1, 13, 2.—Hence,
C Trop., easily moved or persuaded: cereus in vitium flecti, Hor. A. P. 163.
cērĕus: i, m., v. 1. cereus, I. B.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cērĕus,¹² a, um (cera), de cire, en cire : Cic. Nat. 3, 30 ; cerea effigies Hor. S. 1, 8, 30, portrait en cire ; cerea castra Virg. En. 12, 589, les cellules des abeilles
