wax
wax
subs.
Ar. and P. κηρός, ὁ, κηρίον, τό.
(I tell you) that nothing has been securely sealed that you cannot break the wax: Ar. μηδὲν οὕτως εὖ σεσημάνθαι τὸ μὴ οὐχὶ τοὺς ῥύπους ἀνασπάσαι (Lys. 1198).
subs.
Ar. and P. κηρός, ὁ, κηρίον, τό.
(I tell you) that nothing has been securely sealed that you cannot break the wax: Ar. μηδὲν οὕτως εὖ σεσημάνθαι τὸ μὴ οὐχὶ τοὺς ῥύπους ἀνασπάσαι (Lys. 1198).
wax
v. intrans.
Increase: P. and V. αὐξάνεσθαι, αὔξεσθαι, P. ἐπαυξάνεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἐπῐδῐδόναι, V. ὀφέλλεσθαι.
Flourish: P. and V. εὐθενεῖν, θάλλειν (Plat. but rare P.); see flourish.
Become: P. and V. γίγνεσθαι.
v. intrans.
Increase: P. and V. αὐξάνεσθαι, αὔξεσθαι, P. ἐπαυξάνεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἐπῐδῐδόναι, V. ὀφέλλεσθαι.
Flourish: P. and V. εὐθενεῖν, θάλλειν (Plat. but rare P.); see flourish.
Become: P. and V. γίγνεσθαι.
WAX
s. cera (general term). White red wax cera alba (Vitr.) miniata (Cic.): sealing-wax cera (in the Roman sense): *lacca signatoria (with us): soft wax cera mollis (Cic.) liquida (Col.) liquens (Pall.): cells of bees’ wax favus (honey-comb): of wax cereus: covered with wax ceratus: full of wax cerosus: to form in wax formare fingere aliquid e cera (Cic.): a wax seal (impression on wax) signum annuli cera expressum servatum (after Plin.): a wax figure *imago cerea or in cera expressa: wax busts expressi cera vultus: cerae: a wax flower *flos cereus: *flos e cera factus or expressus: to make a nose of wax of anything (proverbially) aliquid sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formare et fingere (after Cic. De Or. 3 45 177). A modeller in wax ceroplastes (κηροπλάστης) or e cera fingens: wax work *imagines e cera factae or expresses: ceroplastice (as art).
s. cera (general term). White red wax cera alba (Vitr.) miniata (Cic.): sealing-wax cera (in the Roman sense): *lacca signatoria (with us): soft wax cera mollis (Cic.) liquida (Col.) liquens (Pall.): cells of bees’ wax favus (honey-comb): of wax cereus: covered with wax ceratus: full of wax cerosus: to form in wax formare fingere aliquid e cera (Cic.): a wax seal (impression on wax) signum annuli cera expressum servatum (after Plin.): a wax figure *imago cerea or in cera expressa: wax busts expressi cera vultus: cerae: a wax flower *flos cereus: *flos e cera factus or expressus: to make a nose of wax of anything (proverbially) aliquid sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formare et fingere (after Cic. De Or. 3 45 177). A modeller in wax ceroplastes (κηροπλάστης) or e cera fingens: wax work *imagines e cera factae or expresses: ceroplastice (as art).
v. Transitively cerare: incerare (to cover with wax): cera illinere (to line or cover with wax): cera circumlinere (to besmear round with wax).
Intransitively. Vid : BECOME GROW.
Intransitively. Vid : BECOME GROW.
wax (v.):
I. Trans.: to cover with wax:
1. cēro, 1: wings w'd by Daedalean aid, ceratae ope Daedalea pennae, Hor. Od. 4, 2, 2.
2. incēro, 1: to w. the knees of the gods, genua incerare deorum, Juv. 10, 55.
3. *cēra illĭno, circumlĭno.
II. Intrans.: to grow: opp. to to wane: cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3: to w. and wane with the moon, crescere et decrescere cum luna, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: v.TO GROW , INCREASE . Phr.: to wax great, *fieri magnus.
I. Trans.: to cover with wax:
1. cēro, 1: wings w'd by Daedalean aid, ceratae ope Daedalea pennae, Hor. Od. 4, 2, 2.
2. incēro, 1: to w. the knees of the gods, genua incerare deorum, Juv. 10, 55.
3. *cēra illĭno, circumlĭno.
II. Intrans.: to grow: opp. to to wane: cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3: to w. and wane with the moon, crescere et decrescere cum luna, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: v.
wax (subs.): cēra: we shape and mould the softest w. at our will, mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177: bees skilfully shape the fresh w., apes arte recentes excudunt ceras, Virg. G. 4, 57: upon that document of evidence we have seen that w. was put (by way of seal), in illo testimonio ceram esse vidimus, Cic. Flacc. 16, 37. Phr.: images of w. arranged through the hall, dispositae per atria cerae, Ov. F. 1, 591: easy as w. to turn towards vice, cereus in vitium flecti, Hor. A. P. 163: sealing-w. *cera signatoria: a w. seal, *signum annuli cera expressum.
κηρός
bees-wax
increase in light, wax
κυψελίς
wax in the ears
μυροπισσόκηρος
ointment of scented oil, pitch, and wax
ἀλδήσκω
to grow, wax
bees-wax
appearing fewer than 50 times
αὐξιφωτέωincrease in light, wax
κυψελίς
wax in the ears
μυροπισσόκηρος
ointment of scented oil, pitch, and wax
ἀλδήσκω
to grow, wax
Wax
See cera; ceroma.