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cērōma , ătis, n. (
I.abl. plur. ceromatis, Plin. 35, 13, 47, § 168; acc. plur. ceromas, Arn. 3, 114), = κήρωμα, an ointment for wrestlers, much used in the time of the emperors, Plin. l. l.; 28, 4, 13, § 51; Mart. 4, 19; 7, 32; 14, 50.—
II. Meton.
A. The place for wrestling: “in ceromate sedere,Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 5.—
B. The ring, the combat, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26; Mart. 5, 65, 3 (in Plin. Val. 1, 25 fin., ceromata is perh. = canceromata, a swelling, tumor).
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 29.26
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.5
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.50
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 4.19
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 7.32
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