(adjective) : cērĕus, a, um, cera
* Waxen, of wax.
* 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.
* 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.
* Meton.
* 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.—*
* Pliant, soft, like wax: bracchia Telephi,Hor. C. 1, 13, 2.—Hence
* Trop., easily moved or persuaded: cereus in vitium flecti,Hor. A. P. 163.

cērĕus (noun M) : v. 1. cereus, I. B.

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