cerinus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cērĭnus, a, um, adj., = κήρινος,

I waxcolored , yellow like wax : pruna. Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41 sq.: berylli, id. 37, 5, 20, § 77.—

II Subst.: cērĭna , ōrum, n., a wax-colored garment , Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 51; cf. Non. p. 548, 33.