cereus

cēreus (1) adj.

cera, waxen, of wax : nihil: effigies, H.: neque proponi cereus opto, offered for sale in ( a statue of ) wax , H.: castra, i. e. honeycomb , V.: regna, realms of bees , V.— Wax-colored : pruna, V.— Pliant, soft : bracchia Telephi, H.— Fig.: cereus in vitium flecti, easily persuaded , H.