verb transitive #1270

cēro

2nd PP cērāre · 3rd PP cērāvi · 4th PP cērātum · conj. 1st

to cover; overlay; smear with wax ••

to cover, overlay, or smear with wax, to wax: dolia, Col. 12, 52, 15.—More freq. in part. pass.: cerata tabula, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 18: tabella, * Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. Dig. 32, 52: pennae, * Hor. C. 4, 2, 2: taedae, Ov. H. 7, 23: rates, id. ib. 5, 42; cf. puppes, id. R. Am. 447.

Perseus ID: n7561 Key: cero