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κηρός (kēros) beeswax ^G:N-M

κηρός, ὁ,

bees-wax, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; honeycomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; used as a cosmetic, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in encaustic painting, [Refs 4th c.BC+] for writing tablets, [Refs 1st c.AD+], etc.: hence λόγους εἰς γραμμάτιον καὶ κηρὸν ἐρχομένους [Refs 4th c.AD+]

__2 sealing-wax, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 κ. Τυρρηνικός white wax used in medicine, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II plural κηροί wax tapers, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; Latin cera.)