cera

cēra ae, f

2 CER-, wax : fingere e cerā: calamos cerā coniungere, V.— Meton., plur, the wax cells (of bees), V.— A writing-tablet, leaf of wood covered with wax : ex illis tabulis cerāve recitata, L.: vacua, O.: prima, the first leaf , H.: extrema.— A seal (of wax), C., O.— A waxen image, wax figure, family portrait : veteres, Iu., S.