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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bees-wax]], Od.12.48, Theoc.1.27, etc.; [[honeycomb]], Id.20.27; εὐπλαστότερον κηροῦ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 588d; used as a cosmetic, Philostr. ''Ep.''22; in encaustic painting, ''IG''42 (1).102.272 (Epid., iv B.C.), 14.1320; for writing tablets, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''736.16 (i A.D.), etc.: hence λόγους εἰς γραμμάτιον καὶ κηρὸν ἐρχομένους Lib.''Ep.''886.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sealing-wax]], Luc.''Alex.''21.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κ. Τυρρηνικός</b> [[white wax]] used in medicine, Gal.13.411, Dsc.1.70.<br><span class="bld">II</span> pl. [[κηροί]] [[wax tapers]], Hld.9.11. (Panhellenic η, ''IG''42.l.c., Theoc.Il.cc., cf. [[κήρινος]], [[κηρόδετος]], [[κηροχυτέω]]; Lat. [[cera]].)  

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1434.png Seite 1434]] ὁ, Wachs; Od. 12, 48. 173; εὐπλαστότερον κηροῦ Plat. Rep. IX, 588 d; Folgende. Im plur. Wachskerzen, Heliod. 9, 11.