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LNS

cērula, cērulae

cera

noun (f., 1^st declension)

a small piece of wax
a candlestick, stand for wax tapers

Abbreviations

cērula, ae, f. dim. cera, a small piece of wax: miniata, a kind of crayon, Cic. Att. 15. 14, 4 (with which the Romans were accustomed to strike out exceptionable passages in books): miniatula, the same, id. ib. 16, 11, 1 (al. miniata).

— Transf., = ceriolarium, a candlestick or stand for wax tapers: ARGENTEAE, Inscr. Orell. 2032.