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Cera

（κηρός). Wax. By metonymy the word is also used of the pages of a tablet, for which see Tabulae; Testamentum; Writing and Writing Materials. For its employment by athletes, see Athletae; Ceroma. For its use in painting, see Pictura.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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