verb transitive

in-cēro

2nd PP in-cērāre · 3rd PP in-cērātum · conj. 1st

to smear; cover over with wax; to smear the knees of the gods poetic ••

perf., ātum, 1, v. a. incero, to smear or cover over with wax: canaliculum, Cels. 8, 8, § 1. — Poet.: genua deorum, i. e. to smear the knees of the gods by constant embraces and kisses; to be persistent in prayers, Juv. 10, 55 (cf. Prud. cont. Symm. 1, 203; others explain, to attach waxen tablets, containing written prayers, to the knees of the statues of gods; cf.: tacitas preces in templo deis allegasti, App. Mag. 54, p. 309); so, genua Dianae, Prud. Apoth. 457: lapides (religio), id. Ham. 404.

Perseus ID: n22316 Key: incero