κηρίον,τό , ̔κηρός)
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 , IG 5(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 βεβυσμένονhaving its mouth stopped witha 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, AP 9.190 : pl., title of Anthologies, Gell. Praef. 6 .
3. metaph., of anything pleasant, τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τὸ κ.
Lib. Ep. 112.1
.
II. a cutaneous disease, = μελικηρίς , Dsc. 2.135 (pl.), Gal. 7.728 , al.