I.to cover, overlay, or smear with wax, to wax: “dolia,” Col. 12, 52, 15.—More freq. in part. pass.: “cerata tabula,” Plaut. As. 4, 1, 18: tabella, * Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. Dig. 32, 52: pennae, * Hor. C. 4, 2, 2: “taedae,” Ov. H. 7, 23: “rates,” id. ib. 5, 42; cf. “puppes,” id. R. Am. 447.
cēro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. cera,