I.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).—
II. Transf., = ceriolarium, a candlestick or stand for wax tapers: “ARGENTEAE,” Inscr. Orell. 2032.