cēreus 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.