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English
Noun
ceroma (countable and uncountable, plural ceromata)
- A mixture of oil and wax.
- (historical) A cloth with which ancient wrestlers rubbed themselves, to make their limbs not only more sleek and less capable of gripping, but more pliable and fit for exercise.
References
1728, Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κήρωμα (kḗrōma, “wrestlers' ointment; wrestling ring”), from κηρόω (kēróō, “to apply wax to”), from κηρός (kērós, “wax”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cērōma n (genitive cērōmatis); third declension
- an ointment for wrestlers, a mixture of oil and wax
- (figuratively) the place for wrestling, the ring
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
The accusative plural cērōmas and ablative plural cērōmatis (vowel quantities uncertain) are attested.
References
- “ceroma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ceroma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers