A.honeycomb, mostly in pl., h.Merc.559, Hes.Th. 597, Hdt.5.114, etc.; κ. καὶ λίβανον, as offerings, Supp.Epigr.3.774 (Crete, i B.C.): sg., Pl.R.552c, Theoc.19.2, IG5(2).514.14 (Lycosura, ii B.C.); “τὸ κ. τοῦ μέλιτος” LXX 1 Ki.14.27; used in Medicine, Hp. Morb.2.45, 3.17; παιδίον κηρίῳ βεβυσμένον having its mouth stopped with a piece of honeycomb, Ar.Th.506, cf. Sch. ad loc., Sor.1.86; “κ. σφηκῶν” Hdt.2.92: κηρία, τά, honey, Hippon.36, Aristo ap.Ath.2.38f.
2. metaph., of a book of poems, AP9.190: pl., title of Anthologies, Gell.Praef.6.