cĭnĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [cinis],
similar to ashes , ash-colored : color, Col. 2, 2, 16; Scrib. 23; Plin. 37, 10, 68, § 183 sq.: terra, id. 35, 16, 54, § 192 uva, id. 14, 3, 4, § 42.—Hence, subst.: cĭnĕrĕum , ĕi, n., a kind of salve , Scrib. Comp. 37; cf.: collyrium spodiacum a quibusdam cinereum dicitur, id. ib. 24 init.